长期来曾怀疑某些胰岛素依赖型糖尿病患者可能有一感染的病原学。对胰岛素依赖型糖尿病者的观察示本病通常在年龄较小的人群中发生,常急剧发病,有季节性倾向,Langerhans岛的β细胞数显著减少,在病程早期发现Langerhans岛有急性炎症浸润(胰岛炎)等均支持这一想法。某些病例报导表明在病毒感染的发病和嗣后发生的糖尿病间有一种暂时性关连。此外曾报导在有先 Long suspected that some people with insulin-dependent diabetes may have an aetiology of infection. Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus shows that the disease usually occurs in the younger population, often with rapid onset and seasonal tendency, with a marked decrease in the number of beta cells on Langerhans Island and acute inflammatory infiltration of Langerhans Island at an early stage of the disease Insulitis) and so support this idea. Some case reports indicate a temporary association between the onset of a viral infection and subsequent diabetes. In addition has been reported in the first