Assistant Adjunct Professor
M_PEDS-INFECTIOUS DISEASE
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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.

Publications

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Comparison of Home Antigen Testing With RT-PCR and Viral Culture During the Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

JAMA internal medicine

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

Household Transmission and Symptomology of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Alpha Variant among Children-California and Colorado, 2021.

The Journal of pediatrics

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

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

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

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

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

Author Correction: Pan-viral serology implicates enteroviruses in acute flaccid myelitis.

Nature medicine

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

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

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

SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Dynamics in a Sleep-Away Camp.

Pediatrics

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

Symptoms and Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Among Children - Utah and Wisconsin, March-May 2020.

Pediatrics

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

Enhanced contact investigations for nine early travel-related cases of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States.

PloS one

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

First known person-to-person transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the USA.

Lancet (London, England)

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

Persons Evaluated for 2019 Novel Coronavirus - United States, January 2020.

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report

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

Pan-viral serology implicates enteroviruses in acute flaccid myelitis.

Nature medicine

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 GA, 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