John A. Crump
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pathology
Adjunct Professor of Global Health
Crump, a specialist on infectious diseases, is the former site director for DGHI's longest-running partnership at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi, Tanzania. After graduation in Medicine from the University of Otago, Dr Crump undertook postgraduate education and training in Christchurch, South Africa, London, Australia, and the United States. He is a specialist in both internal medicine and medical microbiology, and has trained in field epidemiology with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the USA.
Projects
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Global Epidemiology of Invasive Salmonelloses
United States
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The Impact and Social Ecology of Bacterial Zoonoses in Northern Tanzania: Understanding Transmission Patterns Among Humans, Livestock and Wildlife Hosts
Tanzania
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Multi-Country Typhoid Fever Surveillence Program in sub-Saharan Africa
Tanzania
Publications
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Rolfe RJ, Crump JA, Maro VP, Mmbaga BT, Saganda W, Lwezaula BF, et al. Comparison of Paired Immunofluorescent Antibody Serology and Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing for the Detection of Acute Q Fever among Febrile Patients in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, 2012-2014. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025 Mar 5;112(3):533–8.Williams RJ, Brintz BJ, Nicholson WL, Crump JA, Moorthy G, Maro VP, et al. Derivation and Internal Validation of a Clinical Prediction Model for Diagnosis of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsioses in Northern Tanzania. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 Mar;12(3):ofaf100.Shao ER, Tan CW, Mani S, Anderson DE, Lwezaula BF, Mmbaga BT, et al. Seroprevalence and risk factors for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus exposure among febrile patients in northern Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health. 2025 Mar;30(3):193–200.Ngocho JS, Liu J, Kalengo NH, Kipengele AH, Maro A, Mujage B, et al. TaqMan Array Card real-time polymerase chain reaction panel to detect pathogens in whole blood of febrile inpatients in northern Tanzania, 2016-2019. Trop Med Int Health. 2025 Mar;30(3):201–9.
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