This is supported by the difficulty in detecting "retinal autoantibodies" in patients with acute zonal occult outer retinopathy.Two other diseases which also present with white dots on the fundus are retinitis punctata albescens and fundus albipunctatus. These diseases are not white dot syndromes, but have much more defined etiology. Retinitis punctata albescens is caused by mutations in RLBP1, the gene for retinaldehyde binding protein 1. In comparison, fundus albipunctatus is caused by mutations in RDH5 gene for an 11-cis-RDH in retinal pigment epithelium cells. See also
Ophthalmology
Retina
Retinal pigment epithelium

References
External links
PIC Society, a UK based support group and discussion forum for people with a diagnosis of punctate inner choroidopathy
Birdshot Uveitis Society, a UK based support group and discussion forum for people with a diagnosis of birdshot chorioretinopathy
Pediculosis corporis is a cutaneous condition caused by body lice (specifically Pediculus humanus humanus) that lay their eggs in the seams of clothing. : 447

Signs and symptoms
Body lice are a nuisance in themselves and cause intense itching. They are also vectors (transmitters) of other diseases and can spread epidemic typhus, trench fever, and louse-borne relapsing fever. Risk factors
Body lice are spread through prolonged direct physical contact with a person who has them or through contact with articles such as clothing, beds, bed linens, or towels that have been in contact with an infested person. In the United States, body lice infestations are rare, typically found mainly in homeless transient populations who do not have access to bathing and regular changes of clean clothes. Infestation is unlikely to persist on anyone who bathes regularly and who has at least weekly access to freshly laundered clothing and bedding.Although louse-borne (epidemic) typhus is no longer widespread, outbreaks of this disease still occur during times of war, civil unrest, natural or man-made disasters, and in prisons where people live together in unsanitary conditions. Louse-borne typhus still exists in places where climate, chronic poverty, and social customs or war and social upheaval prevent regular changes and laundering of clothing. Pathophysiology
Body lice frequently lay their eggs on or near the seams of clothing. They must feed on blood and usually only move to the skin to feed.