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- Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene & Public
Health
Baltimore, MD
- Email: cschiff@jhsph.edu
Vitae
Education
University of Natal B.Sc. 1951 Zoology
Rhodes University M. Sc. 1956 Zoology
Rhodes University Ph.D. 1964 Parasitology/Ecology
Research and Professional Experience
1986-Present Assoc. Professor (Parasitology), Dept. of Molecular Microbiology
& Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene & Public
Health
1984-1986 Assoc. Professor, Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Dept. of Anatomy
1982-1984 Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, UCLA and Research
Biologist, Dept. of Biology, UCLA
1977-1982 Research Biologist, Lab of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology, UCLA
1966-1978 Deputy Director, Blair Research Lab
1959-1966 Res. Biologist, Blair Research Lab, Ministry of Health, Rhodesia
1958-1959 Medical Entomologist, Ministry of Health, N. Rhodesia
1954-1957 Field Entomologist, Tsetse Fly Operations, Ministry of Agriculture, Rhodesia
1951-1952 Soil Conservation Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Rhodesian Government
 | Selected Publications
 | Davis, J. R., Hall, T., Chee, E. M. Majalla, A., Minjas, J. and C. J. Shiff,
1995, "Comparisons of sampling anopheline mosquitoes by light trap and human bait
collection indoors at Bagamoyo, Tanzania," Med. Vet. Entomol.I 9: 249-255 |
| Graczyk, T. K. and C. J. Shiff, 1994, " Viability of Notocotylus attenuatus
(Trematoda: Notocotylidae) metacercariae under adverse conditions, " J. Wildlife
Diseases, 30: 46-50 |
| Miller, R. L., Ikram, S., Armelagos, G. J., Walker, R., Harer, W. B., Shiff, C.
J., Baggett, D., Carrigan, M. and S. M. Maret, 1994, " Diagnosis of Plasmodium
falciparum infections in mummies using the rapid manual ParaSight-F test," Trans. R.
Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg., 88: 31-32 |
| Premji, Z., Minjas, J. N. and C. J. Shiff, 1994, Chloroquine resistant Plasmodium
Falciparum in coastal Tanzania. A challenge to the continued strategy of village based
chemotherapy for malaria control," Trop. Med. Parasitol, 45: 47-48 |
| Shiff, C. J., 1994, "Molluscan Defense Mechanisms: Immunity or Population
Biology, Parasitology Today, 10: 188-190 |
| Shiff, C. J. and Graczyk, T. K., 1994, "A chemokinetic response in
Schistosoma mansoni cercariae," J. Parasitol., 80:879-883 |
| Shiff, C. J., Minjas, J. N. and Z. Premji, 1994, "The ParaSight-F test: A
simple rapid manual dipstick test to detect Plasmodium falciparum infection,"
Parasitology Today, 10:494-495 |
| Winch, P. J., Makemba, A. M., Kamazima, S. R., Lwihula, G. K., Lubega, P. Minjas,
J. N. and C. J. Shiff, 1994, "Seasonal variation in the perceived risk of malaria:
Implications for the promotion of insecticide-impregnated bed nets,"Soc. Sci. Med.,
39: 63-75 |
| Graczyk, T. K. and C. J. Shiff, 1993, "Experimental infection of domestic
ducks and rodents by Notocotylus attenuatus (Trematoda: Notocotylidae)," J. Wildlife
Dis., 29: 434-439 |
| Graczyk, T. K. and C. J. Shiff, 1993, "Encystment in vitro of Cotylurus
cornutus (Trematoda: Strigeidae) metacercariae," j. Parasitol., 79: 149-154 |
| Shiff, C. J., Chandiwana, S. K., Graczyk, T., Chibatamoto, P. and M. Bradley,
1993, "A trap for the detection of schistosome cercariae," J. Parasitol. 79:
149-154 |
| Shiff, C. J., Premji, S. and Minjas, J.N., 1993, "The rapid manual
ParaSight-F test. A new diagnostic tool for Plasmodium falciparum infection," Trans.
R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg., 87: 646-648 |
| Esrey, S. A., Potash, J. B., Roberts, L. and C. J. Shiff, 1991, "Effects of
improved water supply and sanitation on ascariasis, diarrhoea, dracunculiasis, hookworm
infection, schistosomiasis and trachoma," Bull. Wld. Hlth Org., 69: 609-621 |
| Madhina, D. and C. J. Shiff, 1996, "Prevention of snail-miracidium
interactions using Phytolacca dodecandra (L’Herit) (endod) as a miracidiacide: an
alternative approach to focal control of schistosomiasis," Tropical Medicine and
Parasitology, (in press) |
| Shiff, C. J., Checkley, W., Premji, Z. and J. Minjas, 1996, "Insecticide
treated mosquito nets improve weight gain and reduce prevalence of anaemia among young
children in a malaria holoendemic area in Tanzania, Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg., (in
press) |
| Premji, Z., Ndayanga, P., Shiff, C. J., Minjas, J., Lubega, P. and J. MacLeod,
1995, "Community based studies on childhood mortality in a malaria holoendemic area
in coastal Tanzania," Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, (submitted) |
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Current and Pending Support
Active
AED, Support for Analysis and Research in Africa Project (SARA), $37,121,
10/1/95-8/31/96
Medical Service Consultants, Inc., Focal Transmission of Schistosomiasis in
Egypt, $15,877, 3/1/90-6/30/96
DHR-5600-G-SS-0057-00, Agency for International Development, Prevention of
Snail-Miracidium Interactions by Use of Controlled Release Copper, Tin, and Plant Extract
to Reduce Focal Transmission of Schistomiasis, $55,831, 8/16/90-8/15/96
Pending
NIH, Study of Gene Flow in Malaria Vector Populations, $372,299,
12/1/94-11/30/97
AID-CDR, Use of PCR Techniques to Optimize Identification of Schistosomes,
$200,000, 8/1/97-9/30/99
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