1426 Indocyanine green angiography in uveal inflammation

This is a study of 410 Yanomami indians, of both sexes and various ages living in 16 different regions iI, the Brazilian Yanomami reBel " e, submitted to dermatologic and ophthalmologic examinations with the objective of diagnosing the disea:;e onchocerciasis anh its ocular mani'estations. The resvlts show a high level of endemicity of the disease (306 patients-74.63%) and of ocular involvement (268 patients 65.37%) early manifestation: punctate keriltites (246 patients-60,ooa) and sclerosing kzratites (22 patients 5.37%). The Author presents and discusses his results based on his persmal experience and on other similar studies. He also speculates on the possibility of dissemination of the disease to other areas of the Brazilian Amazon and neigLmring Countries, considering the migratory flux of prisons who lived for a long time with the indians (miner.% missionaries, researchers, government employees, etc), on the basis of a *:888 of onchocerciasis recorded at Mina~ " ,GO, Brazil, which probsbly relates to the original focus and the report of one onchocerciases patient who came from Africa to Tef6, AM, Brazil, where he lived during many years.