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Diabetes is neither a virus or a bacteria. Diabetes is an abnormally high blood sugar level caused by a person's inability to process glucose due to insufficient insulin production.

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Diabetes type 1 can be caused by a virus, (and sometimes in diabetes type 2). Research has found that viral infections occur mainly in the beta cells of the pancreas. They can effect the structure and function of the pancreas in producing enough insulin, thus causing diabetes in severe cases. The coxsackie viruses are the main ones being implicated.

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