• MeSH
• incidence MeSH
• lacerace etiologie   chirurgie   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• perineum * zranění   chirurgie   MeSH
• pooperační komplikace * etiologie   epidemiologie   MeSH
• prospektivní studie MeSH
• retence moči * etiologie   epidemiologie   MeSH
• rizikové faktory MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• dopisy MeSH
• komentáře MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Uganda MeSH

In Uganda, hypertension is a rapidly increasing non-communicable disease with high morbidity and mortality, leading to complications such as renal failure, heart failure, stroke, and myocardial infarctions. This study aimed to determine the factors associated with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) among hypertensive patients at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 323 participants using convenience sampling, the study utilized structured questionnaires and data was analyzed using STATA. Results indicated that factors independently associated with LVH included alcohol consumption (aOR 0.26, 95%CI 0.10-0.70, P=0.007), lack of physical exercise (aOR 0.47, 95%CI 0.23-0.94, P=0.033), Low medication adherence (aOR 0.31, 95%CI 0.13-0.71, P=0.006)., female participants who had waist-hip-ratio >0.80 (aOR 3.70, 95%CI 1.18-11.64, P=0.025), diastolic blood pressure of 100 - 109 mmHg (aOR 4.58, 95%CI 1.65-12.74, P=0.004) and diastolic blood pressure of ≤89 mmHg (aOR 3.03, 95%CI 1.03-8.89, P=0.044). The study highlights the need for better management of hypertension and lifestyle modifications to reduce LVH prevalence.

• MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• hypertenze * epidemiologie   MeSH
• hypertrofie levé komory srdeční * epidemiologie   MeSH
• konziliární vyšetření a konzultace MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• prevalence MeSH
• průřezové studie MeSH
• rizikové faktory MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• srdeční arytmie * epidemiologie   MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• přehledy MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Uganda MeSH

• MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• kombinovaná farmakoterapie metody   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• novorozenec MeSH
• předškolní dítě MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• svalová spasticita etiologie   MeSH
• tetanový toxoid terapeutické užití   MeSH
• tetanus * prevence a kontrola   terapie   MeSH
• trismus etiologie   MeSH
• vakcinace metody   MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• novorozenec MeSH
• předškolní dítě MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• kazuistiky MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Arménie MeSH
• Česká republika MeSH
• Indonésie MeSH
• Kanada MeSH
• Kostarika MeSH
• Maroko MeSH
• Peru MeSH
• Turecko MeSH
• Uganda MeSH

In Uganda, hypertension is an escalating health issue, but there is limited specific data regarding the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) among hypertensive patients in eastern Uganda. This study aimed to establish the prevalence of LVH among hypertensive patients at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. A cross-sectional study conducted at the hospital enrolled 323 participants using convenience sampling. The results revealed a prevalence rate of 19.50 % for LVH, primarily observed in male participants and younger age groups (25-35 years). Furthermore, the study found a low incidence of associated cardiac arrhythmia, with only 1.59 % of participants having atrial fibrillation. These findings indicate a relatively low burden of LVH and arrhythmia in this population, emphasizing the importance of continued efforts in hypertension management and LVH prevention. Further research and interventions are necessary to mitigate the impact of hypertension-related complications in the eastern region of Uganda.

• MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• hypertenze * epidemiologie   MeSH
• hypertrofie levé komory srdeční * epidemiologie   MeSH
• incidence MeSH
• konziliární vyšetření a konzultace statistika a číselné údaje   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• prevalence MeSH
• průřezové studie MeSH
• rizikové faktory MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• srdeční arytmie * epidemiologie   MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladý dospělý MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• přehledy MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Uganda MeSH

BACKGROUND: This study investigated the spatial distribution of wild ungulates that pastoralist communities perceive as culprits in the transmission of cattle diseases outside protected areas in southwestern Uganda. Diseases are hypothesized as having influence on pastoralists' choice of cattle breed types. Until now, there have been no studies conducted on spatial patterns of wild animal species association with cattle breeds reared in Lake Mburo Conservation Area (LMCA), and how diseases transmitted therein potentially influence cattle breed herd sizes. METHODS: Animal population survey was carried out on cattle and wild ungulate species along transect lines laid perpendicular to the northern boundary of Lake Mburo National Park (LMNP). Data on the costs of cattle mortality and disease control were gathered using face-to-face interviews. We used SPSS version 17 for descriptive statistics to summarize unit cost of disease control at herd level, whereas chi-square (χ2) tests of goodness-of-fit were used to analyze observations on frequency of wild animal sightings, whose association with spatial distribution patterns of cattle breeds was examined using Pearson correlation test. RESULTS: Our results show inverse association of distance away from LMNP with wild animal populations and the cost of cattle disease control. The mean population of exotic cattle significantly increased as that of indigenous cattle decreased with increasing distance from LMNP. In a similar way, the cost of disease control and cattle abortion incidences were much lower in rangelands far away from LMNP (R2 = 0.965, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Spatial distribution of wild ungulates was significantly associated with reported cattle mortality, disease, and cost of disease control. Diseases and their costs of control potentially influenced spatial patterns of cattle breeds and breed herd sizes in LMCA, which in turn could affect range resource use for conserving different species of wild animals outside protected area.

• MeSH
• divoká zvířata * MeSH
• nemoci skotu * epidemiologie   MeSH
• průzkumy a dotazníky MeSH
• skot MeSH
• těhotenství MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• skot MeSH
• těhotenství MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Uganda MeSH

Type material of moth flies of Neoarisemus leponti sp. nov. was collected in Madagascar, Toamasina province, environments of Analamazaotra and Amboditafonana. Hemimormia nyangerensis sp. nov. and Iranotelmatoscopus kenyensis sp. nov. were captured in Equatorial Africa near Victoria Lake during a fieldwork in Uganda (Gaba) and Kenya (Kusa, Nyangera). The mentioned three species are described, differential diagnoses included, and diagnostic characters illustrated.

• MeSH
• Diptera * MeSH
• Psychodidae * MeSH
• rozšíření zvířat MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Keňa MeSH
• Madagaskar MeSH
• Uganda MeSH

Glaciers and ice sheets are a peculiar biome with characteristic abiotic and biotic components. Mountain glaciers are predicted to decrease their volume and even to melt away within a few decades. Despite the threat of a disappearing biome, the diversity and the role of microscopic animals as consumers at higher trophic levels in the glacial biome still remain largely unknown. In this study, we report data on tardigrades and rotifers found in glacial mosses on Mount Stanley, Uganda, and describe a new tardigrade species. Adropion afroglacialis sp. nov. differs from the most similar species by having granulation on the cuticle, absence of cuticular bars under the claws, and a different macroplacoid length sequence. We also provide a morphological diagnosis for another unknown tardigrade species of the genus Hypsibius. The rotifers belonged to the families Philodinidae and Habrotrochidae. In addition, we discuss the diversity of microinvertebrates and potential role of tardigrades and rotifers on mountain glaciers as top consumers. As for any organism living apparently exclusively in glacial habitats on tropical glaciers, their extinction in the near future is inevitable, possibly before we can even discover their existence.

• MeSH
• Bryophyta MeSH
• ledový příkrov MeSH
• Tardigrada * MeSH
• vířníci * MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Uganda MeSH

Brucellosis in cattle and humans has received world-wide research attention as a neglected and re-emerging zoonotic disease with many routes of transmission. Studies of brucellosis in Uganda have emphasized occupational exposures and also revealed variations in prevalence levels by region and cattle production systems. To date, research linking pastoralist household income from dairy production to brucellosis and its transmission risk pathways do not exist in Uganda. We assessed whether spatial differences in unit milk prices can be explained by brucellosis prevalence in cattle along a distance gradient from Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda. Semi-structured interviews administered to 366 randomly selected household heads were supplemented with serological data on brucellosis in cattle. Statistical analysis included Pearson correlation test, multiple regression and analysis of variance (ANOVA) using SPSS version 17. Serological results showed that 44% of cattle blood samples were sero-positive for brucellosis. The results obtained from interviews put the statistical mean of household reported cattle abortions at 5.39 (5.08-5.70 at 95% CI, n=366). Post-hoc analysis of variance revealed that both sero-positive cattle and reported cattle abortions significantly were much lower when moving outwards from the park boundary (p<0.05), while the price of milk increased significantly (p<0.05) along the same distance gradient. Further studies should identify public and private partnerships needed to create and strengthen good zoonotic brucellosis management practices at the nexus of wildlife and livestock in Uganda.

• MeSH
• brucelóza epidemiologie   veterinární   MeSH
• dobytek MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mlékárenství * MeSH
• mléko ekonomika   MeSH
• nemoci skotu epidemiologie   MeSH
• prevalence MeSH
• prostorová analýza MeSH
• riziko MeSH
• skot MeSH
• těhotenství MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• skot MeSH
• těhotenství MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Uganda epidemiologie   MeSH

Péče o nevyléčitelně nemocné a umírající se vyvíjela napříč celou historií ošetřovatelství. Postoje civilizací a jejich vyspělost byly hlavními ukazateli, jak se daná společnost dokáže o nemocné a jejich blízké postarat. Poskytování paliativní péče v 21. století je stále aktuálním tématem nejen v Evropě, v České republice, ale i v zemích třetího světa, ke kterým se řadí i většina států Afriky. Vybranými zeměmi jsou ekonomicky a zdravotnicky vyspělá Česká republika a země třetího světa s nejvyšším výskytem AIDS a chudoby. I přes smrtící virus HIV je africká Uganda od roku 1993 modelovou zemí s nejrozvinutějším poskytováním paliativní péče a je tak schopna metodicky vést i jiné subsaharské země Afriky. Česká republika i Uganda poskytují kvalitní paliativní péči pro umírající, která zahrnuje různé formy, jejímž společným cílem je důstojné umírání bez bolesti, a osamocení.

Care for the terminally ill and dying evolved throughout the history of nursing. Attitudes of civilizations and their maturity were the main indicators of how a society manages to take care of the ill and their loved ones. Providing palliative care in the 21st century is still an important topic not only in Europe and in the Czech Republic but also in Third World countries, which includes most of the countries in Africa. Selected countries include the economically and medically advanced Czech Republic and Third World countries with the highest incidence of AIDS and poverty. Despite the deadly HIV virus African Uganda has been a model country since 1993 with the most advanced provision of palliative care and is even able to assist other sub-Saharan African countries. The Czech Republic and Uganda provide quality palliative care for the dying, which takes various forms but all share the common goal of providing a honourable death without pain and loneliness.

• MeSH
• AIDS MeSH
• HIV MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• paliativní péče * ekonomika   MeSH
• průzkumy a dotazníky MeSH
• umírající MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Česká republika MeSH
• Uganda MeSH

BACKGROUND: Although a high genetic diversity of Plasmodium spp. circulating in great apes has been revealed recently due to non-invasive methods enabling detection in faecal samples, little is known about the actual mechanisms underlying the presence of Plasmodium DNA in faeces. Great apes are commonly infected by strongylid nematodes, including hookworms, which cause intestinal bleeding. The impact of strongylid infections on the detection of Plasmodium DNA in faeces was assessed in wild, western, lowland gorillas from Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic and eastern chimpanzees from Kalinzu Forest Reserve, Uganda. METHODS: Fifty-one faecal samples from 22 habituated gorillas and 74 samples from 15 habituated chimpanzees were analysed using Cytochrome-b PCR assay and coprological methods. RESULTS: Overall, 26.4% of the analysed samples were positive for both Plasmodium spp. and strongylids. However, the results showed no significant impact of intensity of infections of strongylids on detection of Plasmodium DNA in gorilla and chimpanzee faeces. CONCLUSION: Bleeding caused by strongylid nematode Necator spp. cannot explain the presence of Plasmodium DNA in ape faeces.

• MeSH
• Ancylostoma fyziologie   MeSH
• ankylostomóza parazitologie   MeSH
• feces chemie   MeSH
• Gorilla gorilla * MeSH
• malárie epidemiologie   parazitologie   veterinární   MeSH
• Necator fyziologie   MeSH
• nekatoriáza parazitologie   MeSH
• nemoci lidoopů epidemiologie   parazitologie   MeSH
• Pan troglodytes * MeSH
• Plasmodium izolace a purifikace   MeSH
• protozoální DNA analýza   MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Geografické názvy
• Středoafrická republika epidemiologie   MeSH
• Uganda epidemiologie   MeSH