Bl. Raphael et al., REACTIVE ARTHRITIS SUBSEQUENT TO SHIGELLA-FLEXNERI ENTERITIS IN 2 JUVENILE LOWLAND GORILLAS (GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA), Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine, 26(1), 1995, pp. 132-138
Two juvenile lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) experienced po
lyarthropathies subsequent to Shigella flexneri enteritis. The clinica
l sign of lameness and soft tissue swelling resolved with anti-inflamm
atory and antibiotic therapy. One of the animals had a major histocomp
atibility class I allele with some sequence similarity to HLA-B27. Thi
s allele is associated with postinfection reactive arthritis in humans
.