Victoria Chu, MD, MPH

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 at Benioff Children's Hospital - San Francisco. 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.
Education
2021 - Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
MPH, 2018 - , University of California, Berkeley
2017 - Pediatrics Residency, Northern California Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
MD, 2014 - , University of California, San Francisco
BA, 2009 - Molecular Cell and Biology, University of California, Berkeley
2999 - Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco

  1. 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. Research square 2025. PMID: 40585204


  2. 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. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2025. PMID: 40492075


  3. Chan AKP, Liu L, Morgenlander WR, Thakar M, Peart Akindele NA, Brockhurst J, Ghimire S, Bartlett ML, Metcalf Pate KA, Chu VC, Vermillion MS, Porter DP, Cihlar T, Mina MJ, Larman HB, Griffin DE. Remdesivir postexposure prophylaxis limits measles-induced "immune amnesia" and measles antibody responses in macaques. JCI insight 2025. PMID: 40306326


  4. 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 : the preprint server for health sciences 2025. PMID: 40236397


  5. Cross RW, Woolsey C, Prasad AN, Borisevich V, Agans KN, Deer DJ, Harrison MB, Dobias NS, Fenton KA, Cihlar T, Nguyen AQ, Babusis D, Bannister R, Vermillion MS, Chu VC, Geisbert TW. Oral obeldesivir provides postexposure protection against Marburg virus in nonhuman primates. Nature medicine 2025. PMID: 39805309


  6. 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, Fernandez-Sesma A, Simon V, Metcalf JP, Higuita NIA, 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 : the preprint server for biology 2024. PMID: 39605478


  7. 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. Nature communications 2024. PMID: 39472555


  8. 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. Nature medicine 2024. PMID: 39363100


  9. 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 infectious diseases 2024. PMID: 39411221


  10. 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. Research square 2024. PMID: 38746293


  11. 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. Research square 2024. PMID: 38699315


  12. 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. Volume 15 of Issue 1. Nature communications 2024. PMID: 38168095


  13. Zumbrun EE, Garvey CB, Wells JB, Lynn GC, Van Tongeren S, Steffens JT, Wetzel KS, Gomba LM, O'Brien KA, Rossi FD, Zeng X, Lee ED, Raymond JLW, Hoffman DA, Jay AN, Brown ES, Kallgren PA, Norris SL, Cantey-Kiser J, Kudiya H, Arthur C, Blair C, Babusis D, Chu VC, Singh B, Bannister R, Porter DP, Cihlar T, Dye JM. Characterization of the Cynomolgus Macaque Model of Marburg Virus Disease and Assessment of Timing for Therapeutic Treatment Testing. Viruses 2023. PMID: 38140576


  14. 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. Research square 2023. PMID: 37790384


  15. 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. Volume 44 of Issue 12. Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2023. PMID: 37308466


  16. 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. PMID: 36215247


  17. 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. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022. PMID: 35147176


  18. 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. Volume 12 of Issue 4. Neurology. Clinical practice 2022. PMID: 36382116


  19. 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 infectious diseases 2022. PMID: 35873297


  20. 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. PMID: 35803846


  21. 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 internal medicine 2022. PMID: 35486394


  22. 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. PMID: 36942013


  23. 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. The Journal of pediatrics 2022. PMID: 35447121


  24. Peterson C, Chu V, Lovelace J, Almekdash MH, Lacy M. Coccidioidomycosis Cases at a Regional Referral Center, West Texas, USA, 2013-2019. Emerging infectious diseases 2022. PMID: 35318926


  25. Khan SY, Melkus MW, Rasha F, Castro M, Chu V, Brandi L, Khan H, Gill HS, Pruitt K, Layeequr Rahman R. Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) as a Biomarker of Abscopal Effect of Cryoablation in Breast Cancer: A Pilot Study. Annals of surgical oncology 2022. PMID: 35094188


  26. 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. The Journal of infectious diseases 2022. PMID: 34139752


  27. 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. The Journal of infectious diseases 2021. PMID: 33649773


  28. Mugabe M, Ho KE, Ruhangaza D, Milner D, Rugwizangoga B, Chu VC, Wu NC, Rizo A, Weidler JM, Wong W, Bates M, Brock JE. Use of the Xpert Breast Cancer STRAT4 for Biomarker Evaluation in Tissue Processed in a Developing Country. American journal of clinical pathology 2021. PMID: 34050358


  29. 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. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021. PMID: 32719874


  30. 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. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021. PMID: 33185244


  31. 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. Nature medicine 2021. PMID: 34548659


  32. 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. PMID: 34563163


  33. 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. PMID: 34578394


  34. 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. Volume 16 of Issue 7. PloS one 2021. PMID: 34324576


  35. Tang F, Wang X, Ran AR, Chan CKM, Ho M, Yip W, Young AL, Lok J, Szeto S, Chan J, Yip F, Wong R, Tang Z, Yang D, Ng DS, Chen LJ, Brelén M, Chu V, Li K, Lai THT, Tan GS, Ting DSW, Huang H, Chen H, Ma JH, Tang S, Leng T, Kakavand S, Mannil SS, Chang RT, Liew G, Gopinath B, Lai TYY, Pang CP, Scanlon PH, Wong TY, Tham CC, Chen H, Heng PA, Cheung CY. A Multitask Deep-Learning System to Classify Diabetic Macular Edema for Different Optical Coherence Tomography Devices: A Multicenter Analysis. Diabetes care 2021. PMID: 34315698


  36. 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. The New England journal of medicine 2021. PMID: 34289272


  37. 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. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2021. PMID: 33857064


  38. 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. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2021. PMID: 33764967


  39. 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. PMID: 33504612


  40. Graf C, Elmassry M, Chu VM, Pawar D, Tijani L. Plexus Slim®-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Cureus 2020. PMID: 33312809


  41. 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. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2020. PMID: 33031365


  42. 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 2020. PMID: 33033178


  43. 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. PMID: 32877446


  44. 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. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2020. PMID: 32759921


  45. Habrawi Z, Melkus MW, Khan S, Henderson J, Brandi L, Chu V, Layeequr Rahman R. Cryoablation: A promising non-operative therapy for low-risk breast cancer. American journal of surgery 2020. PMID: 32788081


  46. Loeffelholz MJ, Alland D, Butler-Wu SM, Pandey U, Perno CF, Nava A, Carroll KC, Mostafa H, Davies E, McEwan A, Rakeman JL, Fowler RC, Pawlotsky JM, Fourati S, Banik S, Banada PP, Swaminathan S, Chakravorty S, Kwiatkowski RW, Chu VC, Kop J, Gaur R, Sin MLY, Nguyen D, Singh S, Zhang N, Persing DH. Multicenter Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Test. Journal of clinical microbiology 2020. PMID: 32366669


  47. 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. Emerging infectious diseases 2020. PMID: 32470316


  48. 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 (London, England) 2020. PMID: 32178768


  49. 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. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2020. PMID: 32053579


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  51. 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. Volume 68 of Issue 12. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2019. PMID: 30452617


  52. Wu NC, Wong W, Ho KE, Chu VC, Rizo A, Davenport S, Kelly D, Makar R, Jassem J, Duchnowska R, Biernat W, Radecka B, Fujita T, Klein JL, Stonecypher M, Ohta S, Juhl H, Weidler JM, Bates M, Press MF. Comparison of central laboratory assessments of ER, PR, HER2, and Ki67 by IHC/FISH and the corresponding mRNAs (ESR1, PGR, ERBB2, and MKi67) by RT-qPCR on an automated, broadly deployed diagnostic platform. Breast cancer research and treatment 2018. PMID: 30120700


  53. 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. Volume 176 of Issue 9. American journal of medical genetics. Part A 2018. PMID: 30070773


  54. Sheth T, Natarajan MK, Kreatsoulas C, Whitlock R, Parry D, Chu V, Smith A, Velianou JL. Avoiding S3 Valve Over-Sizing by Deployment Balloon Over-Filling: Impact on Rates of Permanent Pacemaker and Other Procedural Complications During TAVR. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2018. PMID: 29289947


  55. Motelow JE, Li W, Zhan Q, Mishra AM, Sachdev RN, Liu G, Gummadavelli A, Zayyad Z, Lee HS, Chu V, Andrews JP, Englot DJ, Herman P, Sanganahalli BG, Hyder F, Blumenfeld H. Decreased subcortical cholinergic arousal in focal seizures. Neuron 2015. PMID: 25654258


  56. Ngo NT, Cao XT, Kneen R, Wills B, Nguyen VM, Nguyen TQ, Chu VT, Nguyen TT, Simpson JA, Solomon T, White NJ, Farrar J. Acute management of dengue shock syndrome: a randomized double-blind comparison of 4 intravenous fluid regimens in the first hour. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2001. PMID: 11170909