COVID 19 could trigger global diabetes burden e A hypothesis

Abstract

The pandemic corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has threateningly jeopardized the life of each and every people around the world. According to earlier report, development of diabetes mellitus has strong temporal and geographical association with many viruses like EpsteineBarr, Coxsackie B virus, rubella, mumps, cytomegalovirus, enteroviruses, retroviruses, and varicella zoster virus [1]. Few cases of diagnosed diabetes are also presented with serological evidences of infection and isolation of viruses from the pancreas [1]. Thus, considering huge geographical spread, size of the population affected and strong association of viral infections with diabetes, SARS-CoV-2 pandemic necessitates surveillance for the long term impact on endocrine pancreas of COVID-19 survivors.