Viruses and thyroiditis: an update

Table 1 Evidence for infection in subacute thyroiditis.

in favour of infection	references	not in favour of infection	references
Levels of data: Epidemiological
distribution of disease during outbreaks of viral infection	[4, 22]	no obvious association with virus infection	[2, 9, 32]
seasonal distribution from June to September	[2, 5, 6]
Serological and/or circulating viral genome
mumps virus	[22–24]	mumps virus	[30]
coxsackievirus	[24, 25, 134]	enterovirus	[26]
adenovirus	[24]	HSV-1,	[30]
EBV	[27, 28]	parvovirus B19	[30]
measles, chicken pox, CMV	[30]
influenzae	[14, 24]
rubella	[30, 31]
CMV	[26, 29]
Direct evidence of infection
human foamy virus	[17]	human foamy birus	[18–20]
mumps	[22]	enterovirus	[26]
		CMV and EBV	[30]

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