%0 Journal Article %J Curr Rheumatol Rep %D 2005 %T Primate spondyloarthropathy. %A Rothschild, Bruce M %K Animals %K Disease Models, Animal %K Incidence %K Primate Diseases %K Primates %K Spondylarthropathies %X

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.

%B Curr Rheumatol Rep %V 7 %P 173-81 %8 06/2005 %G eng %N 3 %1

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15918992?dopt=Abstract