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Epidemiology of malaria in an area prepared for clinical trials in Korogwe, north-eastern Tanzania

Bruno P Mmbando*, Method D Segeja, Hamisi A Msangeni, Samwel H Sembuche, Deus S Ishengoma, Misago D Seth, Filbert Francis, Acleus S Rutta, Mathias L Kamugisha and Martha M Lemnge

Malaria Journal 2009, 8:165 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-165

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Why caretakers bypass Primary Health Care facilities for child care - a case from rural Tanzania

Catherine Kahabuka, Gunnar Kvåle, Karen Moland, Sven Hinderaker BMC Health Services Research 2011, 11:315 (17 November 2011)

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Prospective study on severe malaria among in-patients at Bombo regional hospital, Tanga, north-eastern Tanzania

Hamisi A Msangeni, Mathias L Kamugisha, Samuel H Sembuche, Ezekiel K Malecela, Juma A Akida, Filbert F Temba, Bruno P Mmbando, Martha M Lemnge BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:256 (29 September 2011)

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Accuracy of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in community studies and their impact on treatment of malaria in an area with declining malaria burden in north-eastern Tanzania

Deus S Ishengoma, Filbert Francis, Bruno P Mmbando, John PA Lusingu, Pamela Magistrado, Michael Alifrangis, Thor G Theander, Ib C Bygbjerg, Martha M Lemnge Malaria Journal 2011, 10:176 (26 June 2011)

This paper examines the sensitivity and specificity of RDT versus microscopy in two different types of study – a longitudinal study of febrile illness and a community cross sectional in Tanzania. The authors show that RDT reduced the number of malaria treatments given, but question the sensitivity of the tests.

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Parasite threshold associated with clinical malaria in areas of different transmission intensities in north eastern Tanzania

Bruno P Mmbando, John P Lusingu, Lasse S Vestergaard, Martha M Lemnge, Thor G Theander, Thomas H Scheike BMC Medical Research Methodology 2009, 9:75 (12 November 2009)