Professor Blandina Mmbaga
- Affiliate Researcher (School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine)
Publications
2025
Deidda, M. et al. (2025) Economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Tanzania: results from a community-based survey. BMJ Open, 15(1), e087425. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087425) (PMID:39819935)
2024
Lankester, F. et al. (2024) Livestock abortion surveillance in Tanzania reveals disease priorities and importance of timely collection of vaginal swab samples for attribution. eLife, 13, RP95296. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.95296.3) (PMID:39679912) (PMCID:PMC11649233)
Bowhay, T. R. et al. (2024) Risk factors for spotted fever group rickettsioses in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 11(12), ofae664. (doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae664)
Mutua, E. et al. (2024) Antibiotic prescription, dispensing and use in humans and livestock in East Africa: does morality have a role to play? Monash Bioethics Review, 42(S1), pp. 125-149. (doi: 10.1007/s40592-024-00208-z) (PMID:39419934) (PMCID:PMC11850405)
Madut, D. B. et al. (2024) Epidemiologic and genomic characterization of an outbreak of Rift Valley fever among humans and dairy cattle in northern Tanzania. Journal of Infectious Diseases, (doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae562) (PMID:39535803) (Accepted for Publication)
Theonest, N. O. et al. (2024) Status and future prospects for mobile phone-enabled diagnostics in Tanzania. PLoS Digital Health, 3(8), e0000565. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000565) (PMID:39121031) (PMCID:PMC11315315)
Virhia, J., Laurie, E. , Lembo, T. , Seni, J., Pollack, R., Davis, A. , Mapunjo, S., Mshana, S. E., Mmbaga, B. T. and Hilton, S. (2024) Developing a logic model for communication-based interventions on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). PLoS Global Public Health, 4(6), e0002965. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002965) (PMID:38870108)
Hughes, E. C., De Glanville, W., Kibona, T., MMBAGA, B. T., Rostal, M. K., Swai, E., Cleaveland, S. , Lankester, F., Willett, B. J. and Allan, K. J. (2024) Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus seroprevalence in human and livestock populations, Northern Tanzania. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 30(4), pp. 836-838. (doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231204) (PMID:38526202) (PMCID:PMC10977851)
Mbwamboa, G. A. et al. (2024) Complete genome sequence of Brucella abortus isolated from a human blood culture sample in Tanzania. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 13(2), e00930-23. (doi: 10.1128/mra.00930-23) (PMID:38289053) (PMCID:PMC10871059)
Msoka, E. F., Bunn, C. , Msoka, P., Yongolo, N., Laurie, E. , Wyke, S. , McIntosh, E. and Mmbaga, B. T. (2024) A rapid ethnographic appraisal of community concepts of and responses to joint pain in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. BMJ Global Health, 9, e013245. (doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013245)
Laurie, E. , Siebert, S. , Yongolo, N., Halliday, J. , Biswaro, S., Krauth, S. J. , Kilonzo, K., Mmbaga, B. T., McIntosh, E. and NIHR Global Health Group, . (2024) Evidencing the clinical and economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Tanzania: Paving the way for urgent rheumatology service development. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 8(1), rkad110. (doi: 10.1093/rap/rkad110) (PMID:38143512) (PMCID:PMC10748784)
2023
Maze, M. J. et al. (2023) Prevalence and risk factors for human leptospirosis at a hospital serving a pastoralist community, Endulen, Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(12), e0011855. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011855) (PMID:38117858) (PMCID:PMC10766184)
Moshi, B. et al. (2023) Trends of frequency, mortality and risk factors among patients admitted with stroke from 2017 to 2019 to the medical ward at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre hospital: a retrospective observational study. BMJ Open, 13(7), e071918. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071918) (PMID:37524544) (PMCID:PMC10391824)
Deidda, M. et al. (2023) Estimating the Economic Impact of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Tanzania: Results from a Community-Based Survey. Diversity in Health Economics, 15th International Health Economics Association World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 08-12 Jul 2023.
Grieve, E. et al. (2023) Estimating the Quality-of-Life Impact of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Tanzania: Results from a Cross-Sectional Community-Based Survey. Diversity in Health Economics, 15th International Health Economics Association World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 08-12 Jul 2023.
Gad Kilonzo, K. et al. (2023) Estimating the prevalence, quality of life, economic and societal impact of arthritis in Tanzania: protocol for a mixed methods study. [Protocols]
Gad Kilonzo, K. et al. (2023) Laboratory and radiological data collection. [Protocols]
Kilonzo, K. G. et al. (2023) Community-based cross-sectional survey. [Protocols]
Kilonzo, K. G. et al. (2023) Estimating the prevalence, quality of life, economic and societal impact of arthritis in Tanzania: protocol for a mixed methods study. [Protocols]
Kilonzo, K. G. et al. (2023) Qualitative methods. [Protocols]
Mmbaga, B. T. et al. (2023) Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders with arthritis screening in Tanzania: new insights into the growing clinical, economic and societal burden of non-communicable disease. Tanzania Public Health Bulletin, 10(1), pp. 8-14.
Virhia, J. et al. (2023) “If you do not take the medicine and complete the dose…it could cause you more trouble”: bringing awareness, local knowledge and experience into antimicrobial stewardship in Tanzania. Antibiotics, 12(2), 243. (doi: 10.3390/antibiotics12020243) (PMID:36830154) (PMCID:PMC9952761)
Nthambi, M. , Lembo, T. , Davis, A. , Nasuwa, F., Mmbaga, B. T., Matthews, L. and Hanley, N. (2023) Quantifying farmers’ preferences for antimicrobial use for livestock diseases in northern Tanzania. Q Open, 3(1), qoac032. (doi: 10.1093/qopen/qoac032)
2022
De Glanville, W. A. et al. (2022) An outbreak of Rift Valley fever among peri-urban dairy cattle in northern Tanzania. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 116(11), pp. 1082-1090. (doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trac076) (PMID:36040309) (PMCID:PMC9623736)
Tamarozzi, F. et al. (2022) Cystic echinococcosis in northern Tanzania: a pilot study in Maasai livestock-keeping communities. Parasites and Vectors, 15, 396. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05518-x) (PMID:36307877) (PMCID:PMC9616617)
de Glanville, W. A. et al. (2022) Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection incidence and risks for zoonotic spillover in northern Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(10), e0010871. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010871) (PMID:36306281) (PMCID:PMC9665400)
Myers, J. et al. (2022) Crossover-use of human antibiotics in livestock in agricultural communities: a qualitative cross-country comparison between Uganda, Tanzania and India. Antibiotics, 11(10), 1342. (doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11101342) (PMID:36290000) (PMCID:PMC9598773)
Thomas, K. M. et al. (2022) Prospective cohort study reveals unexpected aetiologies of livestock abortion in Northern Tanzania. Scientific Reports, 12, 11669. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15517-8) (PMID:35803982) (PMCID:PMC9270399)
Dennis, T. P.W., Mable, B. K. , Brunelle, B., Devault, A., Carter, R. W., Ling, C. L., Mmbaga, B. T., Halliday, J. E.B. , Oravcova, K. and Forde, T. L. (2022) Target-enrichment sequencing yields valuable genomic data for challenging-to-culture bacteria of public health importance. Microbial Genomics, 8(5), 000836. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000836) (PMID:35622897) (PMCID:PMC9465068)
Davis, A. et al. (2022) How public health crises expose systemic, day-to-day health inequalities in low- and-middle income countries: an example from East Africa. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 11(1), 34. (doi: 10.1186/s13756-022-01071-5) (PMID:35164886) (PMCID:PMC8842514)
Forde, T. L. et al. (2022) Population genomics of Bacillus anthracis from an anthrax hyperendemic area reveals transmission processes across spatial scales and unexpected within-host diversity. Microbial Genomics, 8(2), 000759. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000759) (PMID:35188453) (PMCID:PMC8942019)
Msoka, E., Bunn, C. , Msoka, P., Serventi, F., Yongolo, N., Laurie, E. , Wyke, S. , McIntosh, E. and MMBAGA, B. T. (2022) Understandings and Responses to Joint Pain: Preliminary Findings from a Rapid Ethnographic Assessment in Northern Tanzania. British Society for Rheumatology, Glasgow, UK, 25-28 April 2022.
2021
Davis, A. et al. (2021) "He who relies on his brother’s property dies poor": the complex narratives of livestock care in northern Tanzania. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8, 749561. (doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.749561) (PMID:34805339) (PMCID:PMC8595325)
Msoka, E., Bunn, C. , Msoka, P., Serventi, F., Yongolo, N., Laurie, E. , Wyke, S. , McIntosh, E. and MMBAGA, B. T. (2021) Understandings and Responses to Joint Pain: A Rapid Ethnographic Assessment in Northern Tanzania. 3rd National Non-Communicable Diseases Scientific Conference, Arusha, Tanzania, 11 12 Nov 2021.
Articles
Deidda, M. et al. (2025) Economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Tanzania: results from a community-based survey. BMJ Open, 15(1), e087425. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087425) (PMID:39819935)
Lankester, F. et al. (2024) Livestock abortion surveillance in Tanzania reveals disease priorities and importance of timely collection of vaginal swab samples for attribution. eLife, 13, RP95296. (doi: 10.7554/eLife.95296.3) (PMID:39679912) (PMCID:PMC11649233)
Bowhay, T. R. et al. (2024) Risk factors for spotted fever group rickettsioses in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 11(12), ofae664. (doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae664)
Mutua, E. et al. (2024) Antibiotic prescription, dispensing and use in humans and livestock in East Africa: does morality have a role to play? Monash Bioethics Review, 42(S1), pp. 125-149. (doi: 10.1007/s40592-024-00208-z) (PMID:39419934) (PMCID:PMC11850405)
Madut, D. B. et al. (2024) Epidemiologic and genomic characterization of an outbreak of Rift Valley fever among humans and dairy cattle in northern Tanzania. Journal of Infectious Diseases, (doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae562) (PMID:39535803) (Accepted for Publication)
Theonest, N. O. et al. (2024) Status and future prospects for mobile phone-enabled diagnostics in Tanzania. PLoS Digital Health, 3(8), e0000565. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000565) (PMID:39121031) (PMCID:PMC11315315)
Virhia, J., Laurie, E. , Lembo, T. , Seni, J., Pollack, R., Davis, A. , Mapunjo, S., Mshana, S. E., Mmbaga, B. T. and Hilton, S. (2024) Developing a logic model for communication-based interventions on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). PLoS Global Public Health, 4(6), e0002965. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002965) (PMID:38870108)
Hughes, E. C., De Glanville, W., Kibona, T., MMBAGA, B. T., Rostal, M. K., Swai, E., Cleaveland, S. , Lankester, F., Willett, B. J. and Allan, K. J. (2024) Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus seroprevalence in human and livestock populations, Northern Tanzania. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 30(4), pp. 836-838. (doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231204) (PMID:38526202) (PMCID:PMC10977851)
Mbwamboa, G. A. et al. (2024) Complete genome sequence of Brucella abortus isolated from a human blood culture sample in Tanzania. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 13(2), e00930-23. (doi: 10.1128/mra.00930-23) (PMID:38289053) (PMCID:PMC10871059)
Msoka, E. F., Bunn, C. , Msoka, P., Yongolo, N., Laurie, E. , Wyke, S. , McIntosh, E. and Mmbaga, B. T. (2024) A rapid ethnographic appraisal of community concepts of and responses to joint pain in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. BMJ Global Health, 9, e013245. (doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013245)
Laurie, E. , Siebert, S. , Yongolo, N., Halliday, J. , Biswaro, S., Krauth, S. J. , Kilonzo, K., Mmbaga, B. T., McIntosh, E. and NIHR Global Health Group, . (2024) Evidencing the clinical and economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Tanzania: Paving the way for urgent rheumatology service development. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 8(1), rkad110. (doi: 10.1093/rap/rkad110) (PMID:38143512) (PMCID:PMC10748784)
Maze, M. J. et al. (2023) Prevalence and risk factors for human leptospirosis at a hospital serving a pastoralist community, Endulen, Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(12), e0011855. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011855) (PMID:38117858) (PMCID:PMC10766184)
Moshi, B. et al. (2023) Trends of frequency, mortality and risk factors among patients admitted with stroke from 2017 to 2019 to the medical ward at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre hospital: a retrospective observational study. BMJ Open, 13(7), e071918. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071918) (PMID:37524544) (PMCID:PMC10391824)
Mmbaga, B. T. et al. (2023) Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders with arthritis screening in Tanzania: new insights into the growing clinical, economic and societal burden of non-communicable disease. Tanzania Public Health Bulletin, 10(1), pp. 8-14.
Virhia, J. et al. (2023) “If you do not take the medicine and complete the dose…it could cause you more trouble”: bringing awareness, local knowledge and experience into antimicrobial stewardship in Tanzania. Antibiotics, 12(2), 243. (doi: 10.3390/antibiotics12020243) (PMID:36830154) (PMCID:PMC9952761)
Nthambi, M. , Lembo, T. , Davis, A. , Nasuwa, F., Mmbaga, B. T., Matthews, L. and Hanley, N. (2023) Quantifying farmers’ preferences for antimicrobial use for livestock diseases in northern Tanzania. Q Open, 3(1), qoac032. (doi: 10.1093/qopen/qoac032)
De Glanville, W. A. et al. (2022) An outbreak of Rift Valley fever among peri-urban dairy cattle in northern Tanzania. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 116(11), pp. 1082-1090. (doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trac076) (PMID:36040309) (PMCID:PMC9623736)
Tamarozzi, F. et al. (2022) Cystic echinococcosis in northern Tanzania: a pilot study in Maasai livestock-keeping communities. Parasites and Vectors, 15, 396. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05518-x) (PMID:36307877) (PMCID:PMC9616617)
de Glanville, W. A. et al. (2022) Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection incidence and risks for zoonotic spillover in northern Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(10), e0010871. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010871) (PMID:36306281) (PMCID:PMC9665400)
Myers, J. et al. (2022) Crossover-use of human antibiotics in livestock in agricultural communities: a qualitative cross-country comparison between Uganda, Tanzania and India. Antibiotics, 11(10), 1342. (doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11101342) (PMID:36290000) (PMCID:PMC9598773)
Thomas, K. M. et al. (2022) Prospective cohort study reveals unexpected aetiologies of livestock abortion in Northern Tanzania. Scientific Reports, 12, 11669. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15517-8) (PMID:35803982) (PMCID:PMC9270399)
Dennis, T. P.W., Mable, B. K. , Brunelle, B., Devault, A., Carter, R. W., Ling, C. L., Mmbaga, B. T., Halliday, J. E.B. , Oravcova, K. and Forde, T. L. (2022) Target-enrichment sequencing yields valuable genomic data for challenging-to-culture bacteria of public health importance. Microbial Genomics, 8(5), 000836. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000836) (PMID:35622897) (PMCID:PMC9465068)
Davis, A. et al. (2022) How public health crises expose systemic, day-to-day health inequalities in low- and-middle income countries: an example from East Africa. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 11(1), 34. (doi: 10.1186/s13756-022-01071-5) (PMID:35164886) (PMCID:PMC8842514)
Forde, T. L. et al. (2022) Population genomics of Bacillus anthracis from an anthrax hyperendemic area reveals transmission processes across spatial scales and unexpected within-host diversity. Microbial Genomics, 8(2), 000759. (doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000759) (PMID:35188453) (PMCID:PMC8942019)
Davis, A. et al. (2021) "He who relies on his brother’s property dies poor": the complex narratives of livestock care in northern Tanzania. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8, 749561. (doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.749561) (PMID:34805339) (PMCID:PMC8595325)
Conference or Workshop Item
Deidda, M. et al. (2023) Estimating the Economic Impact of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Tanzania: Results from a Community-Based Survey. Diversity in Health Economics, 15th International Health Economics Association World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 08-12 Jul 2023.
Grieve, E. et al. (2023) Estimating the Quality-of-Life Impact of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Tanzania: Results from a Cross-Sectional Community-Based Survey. Diversity in Health Economics, 15th International Health Economics Association World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 08-12 Jul 2023.
Msoka, E., Bunn, C. , Msoka, P., Serventi, F., Yongolo, N., Laurie, E. , Wyke, S. , McIntosh, E. and MMBAGA, B. T. (2022) Understandings and Responses to Joint Pain: Preliminary Findings from a Rapid Ethnographic Assessment in Northern Tanzania. British Society for Rheumatology, Glasgow, UK, 25-28 April 2022.
Msoka, E., Bunn, C. , Msoka, P., Serventi, F., Yongolo, N., Laurie, E. , Wyke, S. , McIntosh, E. and MMBAGA, B. T. (2021) Understandings and Responses to Joint Pain: A Rapid Ethnographic Assessment in Northern Tanzania. 3rd National Non-Communicable Diseases Scientific Conference, Arusha, Tanzania, 11 12 Nov 2021.
Protocols
Gad Kilonzo, K. et al. (2023) Estimating the prevalence, quality of life, economic and societal impact of arthritis in Tanzania: protocol for a mixed methods study. [Protocols]
Gad Kilonzo, K. et al. (2023) Laboratory and radiological data collection. [Protocols]
Kilonzo, K. G. et al. (2023) Community-based cross-sectional survey. [Protocols]
Kilonzo, K. G. et al. (2023) Estimating the prevalence, quality of life, economic and societal impact of arthritis in Tanzania: protocol for a mixed methods study. [Protocols]
Kilonzo, K. G. et al. (2023) Qualitative methods. [Protocols]
Research datasets
2024
Lembo, T. , Davis, A. , Loosli, K., Nthambi, M. , Mutua, E., Laurie, E. , Shirima, G., Hilton, S. , Mmbaga, B. T., Nasuwa, F., Melubo, M., Mnzava, K., Mshana, S., Hanley, N. , Jeremia, H., Muro, F., Seni, J. and Matthews, L. (2024) Supporting the National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (SNAP-AMR) data collection tools. [Data Collection]
Moorthy, G. S., Rubach, M. P., Maze, M. J., Refuerzo, R. P., Shirima, G. M., Lukambagire, A. S., Bodenham, R. F., Cash-Goldwasser, S. , Thomas, K. M., Sakasaka, P., Mkenda, T. R., Perniciaro, J. L., Nicholson, W. L., Kersh, G. J., Kazwala, R. R., Mmbaga, B. T., Buza, J. J., Maro, V. P., Haydon, D. T. , Crump, J. A. and Halliday, J. E.B. (2024) Prevalence and risk factors for Q fever, spotted fever group rickettsioses, and typhus group rickettsioses in a pastoralist community of northern Tanzania, 2016-2017. [Data Collection]
2023
Maze, M. J., Shirima, G. M., Lukambagire, A. H. S., Bodenham, R., Rubach, M. P., Cash-Goldwasser, S., Carugati, M., Thomas, K. T., Sakasaka, P., Mkenda, N., Kazwala, R. R., Mmbaga, B. T., Buza, J. J., Maro, V. P., Galloway, R. L., Haydon, D. , Crump, J. A. and Halliday, J. (2023) Prevalence and risk factors for human leptospirosis in a pastoralist community, Endulen, Tanzania. [Data Collection]
2022
Tamarozzi, F., Kibona, T., De Glanville, W., Mappi, T., Adonikamu, E., Salewi, A., Misso, K., Maro, V., Casulli, A., Santoro, A., Santolamazza, F., MMBAGA, B. T. and Cleaveland, S. (2022) Cystic echinococcosis in northern Tanzania: a pilot study in Masaai livestock-keeping communities. [Data Collection]
Yongolo, N., Halliday, J. , Bunn, C. , Mtesha, B., Kelly, C., Krauth, S. , Mwingwa, A., Biswaro, S., Siebert, S. , Kipengele, A., Walker, R., McIntosh, E. and MMBAGA, B. T. (2022) Estimating prevalence and predictors of musculoskeletal disorders in Tanzania – A pilot study. [Data Collection]
Dennis, T., Mable, B. , Brunelle, B., Devault, A., Carter, R., Ling, C., MMBAGA, B. T., Halliday, J. , Oravcova, K. and Forde, T. (2022) Target-enrichment sequencing yields valuable genomic data for difficult-to-culture bacteria of public health importance. [Data Collection]
2021
Forde, T. , Dennis, T., Aminu, R. O., Harvey, W., Hassim, A., Kiwelu, I., Medvecky, M., Mshanga, D., Van Heerden, H., Vogel, A., Zadoks, R. , MMBAGA, B. T., Lembo, T. and Biek, R. (2021) Population genomics of Bacillus anthracis from an anthrax hyperendemic area reveals transmission processes across spatial scales and unexpected within-host diversity. [Data Collection]