Access to Immunological Markers for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Togo with Regard to 2010 ACR/EULAR Classification

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatism with an autoimmune component and destruction of synovial joints, leading to severe disability and premature mortality [1]. It is the most common chronic inflammatory rheumatism in the world with a prevalence of 0.5 to 1% [2]. For a long time, it was assumed that RA was rare in black Africa, but more recently, studies and systematic reviews of the literature have shown that this disease is not uncommon. According to these recent studies, the prevalence of RA in Africa is about 0.1 to 0.6% [3-5].