National Institute for Medical Research - Tanga Medical Research Centre |
Name: Bruno P Mmbando
Position: Research Scientist I
Qualifications: MSc. Medical Statistics
Currently: PhD Student, Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen
Joined NIMR: year 2000 |
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Areas of interest
- Spatial statistics, Longitudinal data analysis, Survival Analysis, Clinical trails and Epidemiology
Current research
- Spatial Variation in Malaria Risks in a Small area with Different Transmission Intensities, North-eastern Tanzania
Selected scientific publications:
Carneiro I., Drakeley CJ, Owusu-Agyei S, Mmbando B and Chandramohan D (2007). Haemoglobin and haematocrit: is the threefold conversion valid for assessing anaemia in malaria-endemic settings? Malaria Journal 2007
Kamugisha ML, Gesase S, Mlwilo TD, Segeja MD, Minja DT, Massaga JJ, Msangeni HA, Ishengoma DR, Mmbando BP and M M Lemnge (2007). Malaria specific mortality in lowlands and highlands of Muheza district, north-eastern Tanzania. Tanzania Health Research Bulletin. 9(1): 32-37
Lusingu JPA, Jensen ATR, Vestergaard LS, Minja DTR, Dalgaard MB, Gesase S, Mmbando BP, Kitua AY, Lemnge MM, Cavanagh D, Hviid L, Theander TG (2006). Levels of Plasma Immunoglobulin G with Specificity against the Cysteine-Rich Interdomain Regions of a Semiconserved Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1, VAR4, Predict Protection against Malarial Anemia and Febrile Episodes. Infection and Immunity, 74(5): 2867-2875
Kamugisha M, Crawford N, Savaeli Z, Msangeni H, Massaga J, Mmbando B & Lemnge M (2006). Malaria and nutritional status in children living in the East Usambara. Tanzania Health Research Bulletin. 8(2): 56-61
Lusingu JPA, Vestergaard LS, Alifrangis M, Mmbando BP, Theisen M, Kitua AY, Lemnge MM and Theander TG (2005). Cytophilic antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum Glutamate Rich Protein are associated with malaria protection in an area of holoendemic transmission. Malaria Journal, 4: 48.
Lusingu JPA, Vestergaard LS, Mmbando BP, Drakeley C, Jones C, Akida J, Savaeli ZX, Kitua AY, Lemnge MM and Theander TG. (2004). Malaria morbidity and immunity among residents of villages with different Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensity in North-Eastern Tanzania. Malaria Journal, 3: 26.
Mmbando BP (2003) Analysis of data on malaria from three villages in different transmission intensity, North-eastern Tanzania. MSc. Dissertation, Lancaster University
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