Primate spondyloarthropathy.

Primate spondyloarthropathy.

Rothschild Bruce M

Current rheumatology reports

2005

2005-06

Spondyloarthropathy is a common occurrence in Old World primates, with only limited presence in New World monkeys. Clearly distinguished from rheumatoid arthritis, this erosive arthritis afflicts 20% of great apes, baboons, and rhesus macaques and had been increasing in frequency. Habitat-dependent infectious agent diarrhea-induced reactive arthritis is implicated on a background of genetic predisposition. A gorilla-derived therapeutic preventative approach has possible application in human clinical medicine.

*Primate Diseases/classification/epidemiology; Animal; Animals; Disease Models; Incidence; Primates; Spondylarthropathies/classification/epidemiology/*veterinary

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