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Ocular onchocerciasis in the Yanomami communities from Brazilian Amazon: effects on intraocular pressure.

Guilherme Herzog-Neto¹, Karen Jaegger, Erika S do Nascimento, Verônica Marchon-Silva, Dalma M Banic, Marilza Maia-Herzog.

Abstract

To determine the influence of onchocercal eye disease on the intraocular pressure of the Yanomami Tribe Aratha-ú of Roraima State, Brazil, considered endemic for onchocerciasis, a total of 86 patients were submitted to an ophthalmologic exam that included external examination, slit lamp examination, intraocular pressure measurement, and a fundus ophthalmoscope examination. A high prevalence of onchocerciasis-related eye lesions was encountered in 68.6% of the patients. Punctate keratitis and microfilariae in the anterior chamber were found in ∼28%. The mean of intraocular eye pressure found was 10.47 mm of Hg.

Entities: Disease Species

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Anthelmintics
Ivermectin

Year: 2013 PMID： 24297812 PMCID： PMC3886435 DOI： 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0357

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg ISSN： 0002-9637 Impact factor: 2.345

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