%0 Journal Article
%T Vibrio mimicus Lineage Carrying Cholera Toxin and Vibrio Pathogenicity Island, United States and China.
%A Morgado SM
%A Dos Santos Freitas F
%A Lourenço da Fonseca E
%A Vicente ACP
%J Emerg Infect Dis
%V 30
%N 8
%D 2024 Aug
%M 39043427
%F 16.126
%R 10.3201/eid3008.240252
%X Vibrio mimicus bacteria have caused sporadic cases and outbreaks of cholera-like diarrhea throughout the world, but the association of lineages with such events is unexplored. Genomic analyses revealed V. mimicus lineages carrying the virulence factors cholera toxin and toxin coregulated pilus, one of which has persisted for decades in China and the United States.