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The relationship between parasitic infections and the development of diabetes in humans.
Yes — parasites can and have been found in the human pancreas, but such occurrences are rare, geographically uneven, and medically distinct from viral/bacterial causes of pancreatic disease; documente...
A small number of clinical case reports document parasites physically invading the pancreas and producing pancreatitis with subsequent insulin deficiency or new-onset diabetes — most notably and isola...
Meta-analyses and individual studies report higher pooled prevalence or odds of ">intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) in people with diabetes, but these findings rest on weak, heterogeneous evidenc...