Prevalence and Incidence of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Events Are Elevated Prior to the Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis in First-Degree Relatives

Prevalence and Incidence of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Events Are Elevated Prior to the Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis in First-Degree Relatives

Introduction: The aim of this study was to characterize infection events in a longitudinal cohort of first-degree relatives (FDR) of probands with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and explore their associations with RA development. To this end, newly diagnosed RA patients (n = 283), unaffected related FDR...

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Main Authors: Marina I. Arleevskaya, Shafigullina Albina, Regina V. Larionova, Aida G. Gabdoulkhakova, Julie Lemerle, Yves Renaudineau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
rheumatoid arthritis
infections
first-degree relatives
upper respiratory tract infection symptoms
herpes virus
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.02771/full

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