Victoria Chu, MD, MPH is a pediatric infectious diseases physician-scientist and hospital epidemiologist. Her research involved utilizing metagenomic sequencing to understand antimicrobial resistance acquisition and hospital-acquired infections. In addition, she serves as an Associate Medical Director of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention. In this role, she collaborates with the medical staff and ancillary services to address hospital-acquired infections and high-consequence special pathogens preparedness.
Clinically, Dr. Chu attends on the pediatric infectious diseases inpatient consult service at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, at both the Mission Bay and Oakland locations.
Publications
Empiric azithromycin alters the upper respiratory microbiome and resistome without anti-inflammatory benefit in COVID-19.
Glascock A, Maguire C, Phan HV, Lydon EC, Schaenman J, Calfee CS, Melamed E, Greenland J, Corry DB, Kheradmand F, Baden LR, Sekaly R, McComsey GA, Haddad EK, Cairns CB, Geng LN, Pulendran B, Fernandez-Sesma A, Simon V, Metcalf JP, Agudelo Higuita NI, Messer WB, Davis MM, Nadeau KC, Kraft M, Bime C, Erle DJ, Atkinson MA, Brakenridge SC, Ehrlich LIR, Montgomery RR, Shaw AC, Hough CL, Hafler DA, Augustine AD, Becker PM, Peters B, Ozonoff A, Hoch A, Kim-Schulze S, Krammer F, Bosinger S, Eckalbar W, Altman MC, Wilson M, Guan L, Maecker H, Steen H, IMPACC Network, Diray-Arce J, Rouphael N, Kleinstein SH, Jayavelu ND, Reed EF, Levy O, Chu VT, Langelier CR. Empiric azithromycin alters the upper respiratory microbiome and resistome without anti-inflammatory benefit in COVID-19. Nat Microbiol. 2026 Apr; 11(4):1100-1112.
Prospective Genomic Surveillance of Severe Febrile Illness in Tanzanian Children Identifies High Mortality and Resistance to First-Line Antibiotics in Bloodstream Infections.
Kortz TB, Chu VT, Mussa RY, Sunzula EM, Mlele VM, Msemwa CL, Mathias LK, Mkopi NP, Ward RJ, Sun KS, Maidana JMB, Hooft AM, Mfinanga JA, DeRisi JL, Sawe HR, Manyahi JP, Langelier CR. Prospective Genomic Surveillance of Severe Febrile Illness in Tanzanian Children Identifies High Mortality and Resistance to First-Line Antibiotics in Bloodstream Infections. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2026 Feb 26.
Implementation and outcomes of a rapid response genomic hospital epidemiology programme at an academic medical centre over 7 years.
Chu VT, Spottiswoode N, Ward R, Yokoe DS, Ramirez-Avila L, Phelps MS, Glascock A, Crawford ED, Kamm J, Hao S, Li L, Dynerman D, Waltari E, Nafees S, Kalantar KL, Caldera S, Madera S, Guerrero ES, Ivashin D, Serpa PH, Love C, Mwakibete LL, Doernberg SB, Kistler A, Alvino R, Engel J, Chiu CY, Pak C, Cunningham G, Reyes H, Buie B, Messacar K, Leroue M, Prince BC, Detweiler AM, Stanley K, Caughell C, McNeil N, Neff N, Nichols A, Miller S, DeRisi JL, Tato CM, Langelier CR. Implementation and outcomes of a rapid response genomic hospital epidemiology programme at an academic medical centre over 7 years. Lancet Microbe. 2026 Dec 02; 101277.
Integrating a host biomarker with a large language model for diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection.
Phan HV, Spottiswoode N, Lydon EC, Chu VT, Cuesta A, Kazberouk AD, Richmond NL, Deosthale P, Calfee CS, Langelier CR. Integrating a host biomarker with a large language model for diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection. Nat Commun. 2025 Dec 16; 16(1):10882.
Empiric Azithromycin in COVID-19 Impacts the Respiratory Microbiome and Antimicrobial Resistome without Anti-inflammatory Benefit.
Langelier C, Glascock A, Maguire C, Van Phan H, Lydon E, Calfee C, Corry D, Kheradmand F, Baden L, Sekaly RP, McComsey G, Haddad E, Cairns C, Pulendran B, Fernandez-Sesma A, Simon V, Metcalf J, Higuita N, Messer W, Davis M, Nadeau KC, Kraft M, Bime C, Schaenman J, Erle D, Atkinson M, Ehrlich LIR, Melamed E, Montgomery R, Shaw A, Hough C, Geng L, Hoch A, Hafler D, Augustine A, Becker P, Peters B, Ozonoff A, Kim-Schulze S, Krammer F, Bosinger S, Eckalbar W, Altman M, Wilson M, Guan L, Maecker H, Steen H, Diray-Arce J, Rouphael N, Kleinstein S, Reed E, Levy O, Chu V. Empiric Azithromycin in COVID-19 Impacts the Respiratory Microbiome and Antimicrobial Resistome without Anti-inflammatory Benefit. Res Sq. 2025 Jun 20.
Simultaneous detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes with the open source, cloud-based, CZ ID platform.
Lu D, Kalantar KL, Glascock AL, Chu VT, Guerrero ES, Bernick N, Butcher X, Ewing K, Fahsbender E, Holmes O, Hoops E, Jones AE, Lim R, McCanny S, Reynoso L, Rosario K, Tang J, Valenzuela O, Mourani PM, Pickering AJ, Raphenya AR, Alcock BP, McArthur AG, Langelier CR. Simultaneous detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes with the open source, cloud-based, CZ ID platform. Genome Med. 2025 May 06; 17(1):46.
Integrating a host transcriptomic biomarker with a large language model for diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection.
Van Phan H, Spottiswoode N, Lydon EC, Chu VT, Cuesta A, Kazberouk AD, Richmond NL, Deosthale P, Calfee CS, Langelier CR. Integrating a host transcriptomic biomarker with a large language model for diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection. medRxiv. 2025 Apr 03.
Chronic Viral Reactivation and Associated Host Immune Response and Clinical Outcomes in Acute COVID-19 and Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19.
Maguire C, Chen J, Rouphael N, Pickering H, Phan HV, Glascock A, Chu V, Dandekar R, Corry D, Kheradmand F, Baden LR, Selaky R, McComsey GA, Haddad EK, Cairns CB, Pulendran B, Sesma AF, Simon V, Metcalf JP, Agudelo Higuita NI, Messer WB, David MM, Nadeau KC, Kraft M, Bime C, Schaenman J, Erle D, Calfee CS, Atkinson MA, Brackenridge SC, Ehrlich LIR, Montgomery RR, Shaw AC, Hough CL, Geng LN, Hafler DA, Augustine AD, Becker PM, Peters B, Ozonoff A, Kim-Schulze SH, Krammer F, Bosinger S, Eckalbar W, Altman MC, Wilson M, Guan L, Kleinstein SH, IMPACC Network, Smolen KK, Reed EF, Levy O, Maecker H, Hunt P, Steen H, Diray-Arce J, Langelier CR, Melamed E. Chronic Viral Reactivation and Associated Host Immune Response and Clinical Outcomes in Acute COVID-19 and Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19. bioRxiv. 2024 Nov 16.
Microbial dynamics and pulmonary immune responses in COVID-19 secondary bacterial pneumonia.
Spottiswoode N, Tsitsiklis A, Chu VT, Phan HV, DeVoe C, Love C, Ghale R, Bloomstein J, Zha BS, Maguire CP, Glascock A, Sarma A, Mourani PM, Kalantar KL, Detweiler A, Neff N, Haller SC, COMET Consortium, DeRisi JL, Erle DJ, Hendrickson CM, Kangelaris KN, Krummel MF, Matthay MA, Woodruff PG, Calfee CS, Langelier CR. Microbial dynamics and pulmonary immune responses in COVID-19 secondary bacterial pneumonia. Nat Commun. 2024 Oct 29; 15(1):9339.
Impact of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections on the gut microbiome and antimicrobial resistome.
Chu VT, Glascock A, Donnell D, Grabow C, Brown CE, Ward R, Love C, Kalantar KL, Cohen SE, Cannon C, Woodworth MH, Kelley CF, Celum C, Luetkemeyer AF, Langelier CR. Impact of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections on the gut microbiome and antimicrobial resistome. Nat Med. 2024 Oct 03.
Out-BREAK!: An IDWeek 2023 Escape Room to Break Out of the Educational Mold.
Zhong D, Dong SW, Chu VT, Gabriel N, Lusardi K, Searns JB, Wattier RL, Ristagno EH, Bhimraj A, Boguniewicz J, Pottinger P. Out-BREAK!: An IDWeek 2023 Escape Room to Break Out of the Educational Mold. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Oct; 11(10):ofae558.
Simultaneous detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes with the open source, cloud-based, CZ ID pipeline.
Langelier C, Lu D, Kalantar K, Chu V, Glascock A, Guerrero E, Bernick N, Butcher X, Ewing K, Fahsbender E, Holmes O, Hoops E, Jones A, Lim R, McCanny S, Reynoso L, Rosario K, Tang J, Valenzuela O, Mourani P, Pickering A, Raphenya A, Alcock B, McArthur A. Simultaneous detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes with the open source, cloud-based, CZ ID pipeline. Res Sq. 2024 May 02.
Simultaneous detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes with the open source, cloud-based, CZ ID pipeline.
Lu D, Kalantar KL, Chu VT, Glascock AL, Guerrero ES, Bernick N, Butcher X, Ewing K, Fahsbender E, Holmes O, Hoops E, Jones AE, Lim R, McCanny S, Reynoso L, Rosario K, Tang J, Valenzuela O, Mourani PM, Pickering AJ, Raphenya AR, Alcock BP, McArthur AG, Langelier CR. Simultaneous detection of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes with the open source, cloud-based, CZ ID pipeline. bioRxiv. 2024 Apr 18.
Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections impacts the gut antimicrobial resistome.
Langelier C, Chu V, Glascock A, Donnell D, Grabow C, Brown C, Ward R, Love C, Kalantar K, Cohen S, Cannon C, Woodworth M, Kelley C, Celum C, Luetkemeyer A. Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections impacts the gut antimicrobial resistome. Res Sq. 2024 Apr 17.
The antibiotic resistance reservoir of the lung microbiome expands with age in a population of critically ill patients.
Chu VT, Tsitsiklis A, Mick E, Ambroggio L, Kalantar KL, Glascock A, Osborne CM, Wagner BD, Matthay MA, DeRisi JL, Calfee CS, Mourani PM, Langelier CR. The antibiotic resistance reservoir of the lung microbiome expands with age in a population of critically ill patients. Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 02; 15(1):92.
The antibiotic resistance reservoir of the lung microbiome expands with age.
Langelier C, Chu V, Tsitsiklis A, Mick E, Ambroggio L, Kalantar K, Glascock A, Osborne C, Wagner B, Matthay M, DeRisi J, Calfee C, Mourani P. The antibiotic resistance reservoir of the lung microbiome expands with age. Res Sq. 2023 Sep 18.
The OSUMMER lines: A series of ultraviolet-accelerated NRAS-mutant mouse melanoma cell lines syngeneic to C57BL/6.
Murphy BM, Jensen DM, Arnold TE, Aguilar-Valenzuela R, Hughes J, Posada V, Nguyen KT, Chu VT, Tsai KY, Burd CJ, Burd CE. The OSUMMER lines: A series of ultraviolet-accelerated NRAS-mutant mouse melanoma cell lines syngeneic to C57BL/6. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2023 09; 36(5):365-377.
Whole-genome sequencing rule-out of suspected hospital-onset Rhizopus outbreaks.
Chu VT, Nafees S, Waltari E, McNeil N, Caughell C, Sanchez-Guerrero E, Wang L, Stanley K, Cunningham G, Wong J, Phelps M, Tato CM, Miller S, DeRisi JL, Yokoe DS, Ramirez-Avila L, Langelier CR. Whole-genome sequencing rule-out of suspected hospital-onset Rhizopus outbreaks. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jun 13; 1-3.
Household characteristics associated with surface contamination of SARS-CoV-2 and frequency of RT-PCR and viral culture positivity-California and Colorado, 2021.
Shragai T, Pratt C, Castro Georgi J, Donnelly MAP, Schwartz NG, Soto R, Chuey M, Chu VT, Marcenac P, Park GW, Ahmad A, Albanese B, Totten SE, Austin B, Bunkley P, Cherney B, Dietrich EA, Figueroa E, Folster JM, Godino C, Herzegh O, Lindell K, Relja B, Sheldon SW, Tong S, Vinjé J, Thornburg NJ, Matanock AM, Hughes LJ, Stringer G, Hudziec M, Beatty ME, Tate JE, Kirking HL, Hsu CH, COVID-19 Household Transmission Team. Household characteristics associated with surface contamination of SARS-CoV-2 and frequency of RT-PCR and viral culture positivity-California and Colorado, 2021. PLoS One. 2022; 17(10):e0274946.
Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Alpha Variant-United States, 2021.
Donnelly MAP, Chuey MR, Soto R, Schwartz NG, Chu VT, Konkle SL, Sleweon S, Ruffin J, Haberling DL, Guagliardo SAJ, Stoddard RA, Anderson RD, Morgan CN, Rossetti R, McCormick DW, Magleby R, Sheldon SW, Dietrich EA, Uehara A, Retchless AC, Tong S, Folster JM, Drobeniuc J, Petway ME, Austin B, Stous S, McDonald E, Jain S, Hudziec MM, Stringer G, Albanese BA, Totten SE, Staples JE, Killerby ME, Hughes L, Matanock A, Beatty M, Tate JE, Kirking HL, Hsu CH, COVID-19 Household Transmission Team. Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Alpha Variant-United States, 2021. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 08 24; 75(1):e122-e132.
Risk Factors for New Neurologic Diagnoses in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19: A Case-Control Study in New York City.
Thakur KT, Chu VT, Hughes C, Kim CY, Fleck-Derderian S, Barrett CE, Matthews E, Balbi A, Bilski A, Chomba M, Lieberman O, Jacobson SD, Agarwal S, Roh D, Park S, Ssonko V, Silver WG, Vargas WD, Geneslaw A, Bell M, Waters B, Rao A, Claassen J, Boehme A, Willey JZ, Elkind MSV, Sobieszczyk ME, Zucker J, McCollum A, Sejvar J. Risk Factors for New Neurologic Diagnoses in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19: A Case-Control Study in New York City. Neurol Clin Pract. 2022 Aug; 12(4):e66-e74.
Examination of Common Coronavirus Antibodies in SARS-CoV-2-Infected and Uninfected Participants in a Household Transmission Investigation.
Stumpf MM, Freeman B, Mills L, Lester S, Chu VT, Kirking HL, Thornburg NJ, Killerby ME. Examination of Common Coronavirus Antibodies in SARS-CoV-2-Infected and Uninfected Participants in a Household Transmission Investigation. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Jul; 9(7):ofac212.
SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among vaccinated and unvaccinated household members during the Alpha variant surge - Denver, Colorado, and San Diego, California, January-April 2021.
McCormick DW, Konkle SL, Magleby R, Chakrabarti AK, Cherney B, Lindell K, Namageyo-Funa A, Visser S, Soto RA, Donnelly MAP, Stringer G, Austin B, Beatty ME, Stous S, Albanese BA, Chu VT, Chuey M, Dietrich EA, Drobeniuc J, Folster JM, Killerby ME, Lehman JA, McDonald EC, Ruffin J, Schwartz NG, Sheldon SW, Sleweon S, Thornburg NJ, Hughes LJ, Petway M, Tong S, Whaley MJ, Kirking HL, Tate JE, Hsu CH, Matanock A, COVID-19 Household Transmission Team. SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among vaccinated and unvaccinated household members during the Alpha variant surge - Denver, Colorado, and San Diego, California, January-April 2021. Vaccine. 2022 08 05; 40(33):4845-4855.
Comparison of Home Antigen Testing With RT-PCR and Viral Culture During the Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
Chu VT, Schwartz NG, Donnelly MAP, Chuey MR, Soto R, Yousaf AR, Schmitt-Matzen EN, Sleweon S, Ruffin J, Thornburg N, Harcourt JL, Tamin A, Kim G, Folster JM, Hughes LJ, Tong S, Stringer G, Albanese BA, Totten SE, Hudziec MM, Matzinger SR, Dietrich EA, Sheldon SW, Stous S, McDonald EC, Austin B, Beatty ME, Staples JE, Killerby ME, Hsu CH, Tate JE, Kirking HL, Matanock A, COVID-19 Household Transmission Team. Comparison of Home Antigen Testing With RT-PCR and Viral Culture During the Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 07 01; 182(7):701-709.
Behaviors Associated With Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in California and Colorado, January 2021-April 2021.
Namageyo-Funa A, Ruffin JD, Killerby ME, Jalloh MF, Scott C, Lindell K, Silver M, Matanock A, Soto RA, Donnelly MAP, Schwartz NG, Chuey MR, Chu VT, Beatty ME, Totten SE, Hudziec MM, Tate JE, Kirking HL, Hsu CH. Behaviors Associated With Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in California and Colorado, January 2021-April 2021. AJPM Focus. 2022 Sep; 1(1):100004.
Household Transmission and Symptomology of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Alpha Variant among Children-California and Colorado, 2021.
Waltenburg MA, Whaley MJ, Chancey RJ, Donnelly MAP, Chuey MR, Soto R, Schwartz NG, Chu VT, Sleweon S, McCormick DW, Uehara A, Retchless AC, Tong S, Folster JM, Petway M, Thornburg NJ, Drobeniuc J, Austin B, Hudziec MM, Stringer G, Albanese BA, Totten SE, Matzinger SR, Staples JE, Killerby ME, Hughes LJ, Matanock A, Beatty M, Tate JE, Kirking HL, Hsu CH, COVID-19 Laboratory & Testing Task Force. Household Transmission and Symptomology of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Alpha Variant among Children-California and Colorado, 2021. J Pediatr. 2022 08; 247:29-37.e7.
Outbreak of Acute Respiratory Illness Associated With Human Adenovirus Type 4 at the United States Coast Guard Academy, 2019.
Chu VT, Simon E, Lu X, Rockwell P, Abedi GR, Gardner C, Kujawski SA, Schneider E, Gentile M, Ramsey LA, Liu R, Jones S, Janik C, Siniscalchi A, Landry ML, Christopher J, Lindstrom S, Steiner S, Thomas D, Gerber SI, Biggs HM. Outbreak of Acute Respiratory Illness Associated With Human Adenovirus Type 4 at the United States Coast Guard Academy, 2019. J Infect Dis. 2022 01 05; 225(1):55-64.
Persistent SARS-CoV-2 RNA Shedding Without Evidence of Infectiousness: A Cohort Study of Individuals With COVID-19.
Owusu D, Pomeroy MA, Lewis NM, Wadhwa A, Yousaf AR, Whitaker B, Dietrich E, Hall AJ, Chu V, Thornburg N, Christensen K, Kiphibane T, Willardson S, Westergaard R, Dasu T, Pray IW, Bhattacharyya S, Dunn A, Tate JE, Kirking HL, Matanock A, Household Transmission Study Team
. Persistent SARS-CoV-2 RNA Shedding Without Evidence of Infectiousness: A Cohort Study of Individuals With COVID-19. J Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 28; 224(8):1362-1371.
A Prospective Cohort Study in Nonhospitalized Household Contacts With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection: Symptom Profiles and Symptom Change Over Time.
Yousaf AR, Duca LM, Chu V, Reses HE, Fajans M, Rabold EM, Laws RL, Gharpure R, Matanock A, Wadhwa A, Pomeroy M, Njuguna H, Fox G, Binder AM, Christiansen A, Freeman B, Gregory C, Tran CH, Owusu D, Ye D, Dietrich E, Pevzner E, Conners EE, Pray I, Rispens J, Vuong J, Christensen K, Banks M, O'Hegarty M, Mills L, Lester S, Thornburg NJ, Lewis N, Dawson P, Marcenac P, Salvatore P, Chancey RJ, Fields V, Buono S, Yin S, Gerber S, Kiphibane T, Dasu T, Bhattacharyya S, Westergaard R, Dunn A, Hall AJ, Fry AM, Tate JE, Kirking HL, Nabity S. A Prospective Cohort Study in Nonhospitalized Household Contacts With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection: Symptom Profiles and Symptom Change Over Time. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 10 05; 73(7):e1841-e1849.
Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 in the United States.
Lewis NM, Chu VT, Ye D, Conners EE, Gharpure R, Laws RL, Reses HE, Freeman BD, Fajans M, Rabold EM, Dawson P, Buono S, Yin S, Owusu D, Wadhwa A, Pomeroy M, Yousaf A, Pevzner E, Njuguna H, Battey KA, Tran CH, Fields VL, Salvatore P, O'Hegarty M, Vuong J, Chancey R, Gregory C, Banks M, Rispens JR, Dietrich E, Marcenac P, Matanock AM, Duca L, Binder A, Fox G, Lester S, Mills L, Gerber SI, Watson J, Schumacher A, Pawloski L, Thornburg NJ, Hall AJ, Kiphibane T, Willardson S, Christensen K, Page L, Bhattacharyya S, Dasu T, Christiansen A, Pray IW, Westergaard RP, Dunn AC, Tate JE, Nabity SA, Kirking HL. Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 10 05; 73(7):1805-1813.
Author Correction: Pan-viral serology implicates enteroviruses in acute flaccid myelitis.
Schubert RD, Hawes IA, Ramachandran PS, Ramesh A, Crawford ED, Pak JE, Wu W, Cheung CK, O'Donovan BD, Tato CM, Lyden A, Tan M, Sit R, Sowa GM, Sample HA, Zorn KC, Banerji D, Khan LM, Bove R, Hauser SL, Gelfand AA, Johnson-Kerner BL, Nash K, Krishnamoorthy KS, Chitnis T, Ding JZ, McMillan HJ, Chiu CY, Briggs B, Glaser CA, Yen C, Chu V, Wadford DA, Dominguez SR, Ng TFF, Marine RL, Lopez AS, Nix WA, Soldatos A, Gorman MP, Benson L, Messacar K, Konopka-Anstadt JL, Oberste MS, DeRisi JL, Wilson MR. Author Correction: Pan-viral serology implicates enteroviruses in acute flaccid myelitis. Nat Med. 2021 Oct; 27(10):1849.
Performance of existing and novel surveillance case definitions for COVID-19 in household contacts of PCR-confirmed COVID-19.
Reses HE, Fajans M, Lee SH, Heilig CM, Chu VT, Thornburg NJ, Christensen K, Bhattacharyya S, Fry A, Hall AJ, Tate JE, Kirking HL, Nabity SA, U.S. COVID-19 Household Investigation Team. Performance of existing and novel surveillance case definitions for COVID-19 in household contacts of PCR-confirmed COVID-19. BMC Public Health. 2021 09 25; 21(1):1747.
One Health Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Seropositivity among Pets in Households with Confirmed Human COVID-19 Cases-Utah and Wisconsin, 2020.
Goryoka GW, Cossaboom CM, Gharpure R, Dawson P, Tansey C, Rossow J, Mrotz V, Rooney J, Torchetti M, Loiacono CM, Killian ML, Jenkins-Moore M, Lim A, Poulsen K, Christensen D, Sweet E, Peterson D, Sangster AL, Young EL, Oakeson KF, Taylor D, Price A, Kiphibane T, Klos R, Konkle D, Bhattacharyya S, Dasu T, Chu VT, Lewis NM, Queen K, Zhang J, Uehara A, Dietrich EA, Tong S, Kirking HL, Doty JB, Murrell LS, Spengler JR, Straily A, Wallace R, Barton Behravesh C. One Health Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Seropositivity among Pets in Households with Confirmed Human COVID-19 Cases-Utah and Wisconsin, 2020. Viruses. 2021 09 12; 13(9).
Comparison of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein ELISA and the Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 IgG nucleocapsid protein assays for detection of antibodies.
Wadhwa A, Yin S, Freeman B, Hershow RB, Killerby M, Yousaf AR, Lester S, Mills L, Buono SA, Pomeroy M, Owusu D, Chu VT, Tate JE, Bhattacharyya S, Hall P, Thornburg NJ, Kirking HL. Comparison of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein ELISA and the Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 IgG nucleocapsid protein assays for detection of antibodies. PLoS One. 2021; 16(7):e0255208.
Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Children and Adolescents.
Chu VT, Yousaf AR, Chang K, Schwartz NG, McDaniel CJ, Lee SH, Szablewski CM, Brown M, Drenzek CL, Dirlikov E, Rose DA, Villanueva J, Fry AM, Hall AJ, Kirking HL, Tate JE, Lanzieri TM, Stewart RJ, Georgia Camp Investigation Team. Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Children and Adolescents. N Engl J Med. 2021 09 02; 385(10):954-956.
Factors Associated with Participation in Elementary School-Based SARS-CoV-2 Testing - Salt Lake County, Utah, December 2020-January 2021.
Lewis NM, Hershow RB, Chu VT, Wu K, Milne AT, LaCross N, Hill M, Risk I, Hersh AL, Kirking HL, Tate JE, Vallabhaneni S, Dunn AC. Factors Associated with Participation in Elementary School-Based SARS-CoV-2 Testing - Salt Lake County, Utah, December 2020-January 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Apr 16; 70(15):557-559.
Low SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Elementary Schools - Salt Lake County, Utah, December 3, 2020-January 31, 2021.
Hershow RB, Wu K, Lewis NM, Milne AT, Currie D, Smith AR, Lloyd S, Orleans B, Young EL, Freeman B, Schwartz N, Bryant B, Espinosa C, Nakazawa Y, Garza E, Almendares O, Abara WE, Ehlman DC, Waters K, Hill M, Risk I, Oakeson K, Tate JE, Kirking HL, Dunn A, Vallabhaneni S, Hersh AL, Chu VT. Low SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Elementary Schools - Salt Lake County, Utah, December 3, 2020-January 31, 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 03 26; 70(12):442-448.
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Dynamics in a Sleep-Away Camp.
Szablewski CM, Chang KT, McDaniel CJ, Chu VT, Yousaf AR, Schwartz NG, Brown M, Winglee K, Paul P, Cui Z, Slayton RB, Tong S, Li Y, Uehara A, Zhang J, Sharkey SM, Kirking HL, Tate JE, Dirlikov E, Fry AM, Hall AJ, Rose DA, Villanueva J, Drenzek C, Stewart RJ, Lanzieri TM, Camp Outbreak Field Investigation Team. SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Dynamics in a Sleep-Away Camp. Pediatrics. 2021 04; 147(4).
Plexus Slim®-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
Graf C, Elmassry M, Chu VM, Pawar D, Tijani L. Plexus Slim®-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Cureus. 2020 Nov 10; 12(11):e11413.
Adolescent with COVID-19 as the Source of an Outbreak at a 3-Week Family Gathering - Four States, June-July 2020.
Schwartz NG, Moorman AC, Makaretz A, Chang KT, Chu VT, Szablewski CM, Yousaf AR, Brown MM, Clyne A, DellaGrotta A, Drobeniuc J, Korpics J, Muir A, Drenzek C, Bandy U, Kirking HL, Tate JE, Hall AJ, Lanzieri TM, Stewart RJ. Adolescent with COVID-19 as the Source of an Outbreak at a 3-Week Family Gathering - Four States, June-July 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Oct 09; 69(40):1457-1459.
Symptoms and Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Among Children - Utah and Wisconsin, March-May 2020.
Laws RL, Chancey RJ, Rabold EM, Chu VT, Lewis NM, Fajans M, Reses HE, Duca LM, Dawson P, Conners EE, Gharpure R, Yin S, Buono S, Pomeroy M, Yousaf AR, Owusu D, Wadhwa A, Pevzner E, Battey KA, Njuguna H, Fields VL, Salvatore P, O'Hegarty M, Vuong J, Gregory CJ, Banks M, Rispens J, Dietrich E, Marcenac P, Matanock A, Pray I, Westergaard R, Dasu T, Bhattacharyya S, Christiansen A, Page L, Dunn A, Atkinson-Dunn R, Christensen K, Kiphibane T, Willardson S, Fox G, Ye D, Nabity SA, Binder A, Freeman BD, Lester S, Mills L, Thornburg N, Hall AJ, Fry AM, Tate JE, Tran CH, Kirking HL. Symptoms and Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Among Children - Utah and Wisconsin, March-May 2020. Pediatrics. 2021 01; 147(1).
Enhanced contact investigations for nine early travel-related cases of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States.
Burke RM, Balter S, Barnes E, Barry V, Bartlett K, Beer KD, Benowitz I, Biggs HM, Bruce H, Bryant-Genevier J, Cates J, Chatham-Stephens K, Chea N, Chiou H, Christiansen D, Chu VT, Clark S, Cody SH, Cohen M, Conners EE, Dasari V, Dawson P, DeSalvo T, Donahue M, Dratch A, Duca L, Duchin J, Dyal JW, Feldstein LR, Fenstersheib M, Fischer M, Fisher R, Foo C, Freeman-Ponder B, Fry AM, Gant J, Gautom R, Ghinai I, Gounder P, Grigg CT, Gunzenhauser J, Hall AJ, Han GS, Haupt T, Holshue M, Hunter J, Ibrahim MB, Jacobs MW, Jarashow MC, Joshi K, Kamali T, Kawakami V, Kim M, Kirking HL, Kita-Yarbro A, Klos R, Kobayashi M, Kocharian A, Lang M, Layden J, Leidman E, Lindquist S, Lindstrom S, Link-Gelles R, Marlow M, Mattison CP, McClung N, McPherson TD, Mello L, Midgley CM, Novosad S, Patel MT, Pettrone K, Pillai SK, Pray IW, Reese HE, Rhodes H, Robinson S, Rolfes M, Routh J, Rubin R, Rudman SL, Russell D, Scott S, Shetty V, Smith-Jeffcoat SE, Soda EA, Spitters C, Stierman B, Sunenshine R, Terashita D, Traub E, Vahey GM, Verani JR, Wallace M, Westercamp M, Wortham J, Xie A, Yousaf A, Zahn M. Enhanced contact investigations for nine early travel-related cases of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States. PLoS One. 2020; 15(9):e0238342.
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Infection Among Attendees of an Overnight Camp - Georgia, June 2020.
Szablewski CM, Chang KT, Brown MM, Chu VT, Yousaf AR, Anyalechi N, Aryee PA, Kirking HL, Lumsden M, Mayweather E, McDaniel CJ, Montierth R, Mohammed A, Schwartz NG, Shah JA, Tate JE, Dirlikov E, Drenzek C, Lanzieri TM, Stewart RJ. SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Infection Among Attendees of an Overnight Camp - Georgia, June 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Aug 07; 69(31):1023-1025.
Investigation and Serologic Follow-Up of Contacts of an Early Confirmed Case-Patient with COVID-19, Washington, USA.
Chu VT, Freeman-Ponder B, Lindquist S, Spitters C, Kawakami V, Dyal JW, Clark S, Bruce H, Duchin JS, DeBolt C, Podczervinski S, D'Angeli M, Pettrone K, Zacks R, Vahey G, Holshue ML, Lang M, Burke RM, Rolfes MA, Marlow M, Midgley CM, Lu X, Lindstrom S, Hall AJ, Fry AM, Thornburg NJ, Gerber SI, Pillai SK, Biggs HM. Investigation and Serologic Follow-Up of Contacts of an Early Confirmed Case-Patient with COVID-19, Washington, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Aug; 26(8):1671-1678.
First known person-to-person transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the USA.
Ghinai I, McPherson TD, Hunter JC, Kirking HL, Christiansen D, Joshi K, Rubin R, Morales-Estrada S, Black SR, Pacilli M, Fricchione MJ, Chugh RK, Walblay KA, Ahmed NS, Stoecker WC, Hasan NF, Burdsall DP, Reese HE, Wallace M, Wang C, Moeller D, Korpics J, Novosad SA, Benowitz I, Jacobs MW, Dasari VS, Patel MT, Kauerauf J, Charles EM, Ezike NO, Chu V, Midgley CM, Rolfes MA, Gerber SI, Lu X, Lindstrom S, Verani JR, Layden JE, Illinois COVID-19 Investigation Team. First known person-to-person transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the USA. Lancet. 2020 04 04; 395(10230):1137-1144.
Persons Evaluated for 2019 Novel Coronavirus - United States, January 2020.
Bajema KL, Oster AM, McGovern OL, Lindstrom S, Stenger MR, Anderson TC, Isenhour C, Clarke KR, Evans ME, Chu VT, Biggs HM, Kirking HL, Gerber SI, Hall AJ, Fry AM, Oliver SE, 2019-nCoV Persons Under Investigation Team, 2019-CoV Persons Under Investigation Team. Persons Evaluated for 2019 Novel Coronavirus - United States, January 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Feb 14; 69(6):166-170.
Pan-viral serology implicates enteroviruses in acute flaccid myelitis.
Schubert RD, Hawes IA, Ramachandran PS, Ramesh A, Crawford ED, Pak JE, Wu W, Cheung CK, O'Donovan BD, Tato CM, Lyden A, Tan M, Sit R, Sowa GM, Sample HA, Zorn KC, Banerji D, Khan LM, Bove R, Hauser SL, Gelfand AA, Johnson-Kerner BL, Nash K, Krishnamoorthy KS, Chitnis T, Ding JZ, McMillan HJ, Chiu CY, Briggs B, Glaser CA, Yen C, Chu V, Wadford DA, Dominguez SR, Ng TFF, Marine RL, Lopez AS, Nix WA, Soldatos A, Gorman MP, Benson L, Messacar K, Konopka-Anstadt JL, Oberste MS, DeRisi JL, Wilson MR. Pan-viral serology implicates enteroviruses in acute flaccid myelitis. Nat Med. 2019 11; 25(11):1748-1752.
Increased Risk of Late-onset Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitis in Adults With Prior Head or Spine Surgeries.
Chu V, Carpenter DM, Winter K, Harriman K, Glaser C. Increased Risk of Late-onset Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitis in Adults With Prior Head or Spine Surgeries. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 05 30; 68(12):2120-2122.
Possible Congenital Zika Syndrome in Older Children Due to Earlier Circulation of Zika Virus.
Chu V, Petersen LR, Moore CA, Meaney-Delman D, Nelson G, Christian Sonne D, Dodge NN, Glaser C, Rasmussen SA. Possible Congenital Zika Syndrome in Older Children Due to Earlier Circulation of Zika Virus. Am J Med Genet A. 2018 09; 176(9):1882-1889.
High concordance of a closed-system, RT-qPCR breast cancer assay for HER2 mRNA, compared to clinically determined immunohistochemistry, fluorescence in situ hybridization, and quantitative immunofluorescence.
Wasserman BE, Carvajal-Hausdorf DE, Ho K, Wong W, Wu N, Chu VC, Lai EW, Weidler JM, Bates M, Neumeister V, Rimm DL. High concordance of a closed-system, RT-qPCR breast cancer assay for HER2 mRNA, compared to clinically determined immunohistochemistry, fluorescence in situ hybridization, and quantitative immunofluorescence. Lab Invest. 2017 12; 97(12):1521-1526.
Impaired consciousness in partial seizures is bimodally distributed.
Cunningham C, Chen WC, Shorten A, McClurkin M, Choezom T, Schmidt CP, Chu V, Bozik A, Best C, Chapman M, Furman M, Detyniecki K, Giacino JT, Blumenfeld H. Impaired consciousness in partial seizures is bimodally distributed. Neurology. 2014 May 13; 82(19):1736-44.
Somatic mosaicism in neuronal precursor cells mediated by L1 retrotransposition.
Muotri AR, Chu VT, Marchetto MC, Deng W, Moran JV, Gage FH. Somatic mosaicism in neuronal precursor cells mediated by L1 retrotransposition. Nature. 2005 Jun 16; 435(7044):903-10.
Chipping away at stem cells.
Chu VT, Gage FH. Chipping away at stem cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Jul 03; 98(14):7652-3.