“…The hypothesised role of viral infections in the initiation of IA and the progression to T1D is supported by a large body of epidemiological and animal model-based evidence [ 43 , 44 ]. Multiple viruses have been associated with IA/T1D to date, including enterovirus (EV) [ 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 ], rotavirus [ 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 ], cytomegalovirus [ 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 ], Epstein-Barr virus [ 63 , 69 , 70 ], parechovirus [ 71 , 72 , 73 ], influenza [ 74 , 75 , 76 ], parvovirus [ 77 , 78 ], mumps [ 79 , 80 , 81 ], rubella [ 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 ] and human endogenous retrovirus [ 86 , ...…”