Research Article
Twenty Years of Listeria in Brazil: Occurrence of Listeria Species and Listeria monocytogenes Serovars in Food Samples in Brazil between 1990 and 2012
Table 1
Geographical distribution of Listeria spp. strains by food type in Brazil. 1990–2012.
| State | Region | Milk | Cheese | Meat | Ready-to-eat | Vegetables |
Unknow source | Total | Nonprocessed | Processed | | % |
| Alagoas | NE | | 34 | | | | | | 34 | 0.58 | Bahia | NE | 4 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 2 | | | 65 | 1.12 | Paraíba | NE | 25 | 8 | | | | | | 33 | 0.57 | Pernambuco | NE | | 28 | 2 | 2 | | | | 32 | 0.55 | Goiás | MW | | | 1474 | 60 | | | | 1534 | 26.58 | Mato Grosso | MW | | 17 | 43 | 223 | | | | 283 | 4.9 | Minas Gerais | SE | | 87 | 346 | 472 | | 17 | | 922 | 15.97 | Rio de Janeiro | SE | 2 | 36 | 474 | 57 | 8 | 26 | | 603 | 10.45 | São Paulo | SE | 92 | 95 | 352 | 428 | 114 | 56 | 49 | 1186 | 20.55 | Paraná | S | | 12 | 29 | 4 | | | | 45 | 0.77 | Santa Catarina | S | | 42 | 380 | 4 | 79 | | | 505 | 8.75 | Rio Grande do Sul | S | 22 | 200 | 171 | 135 | | | | 528 | 9.15 |
| Total | | 145 | 560 | 3310 | 1404 | 203 | 99 | 49 | 5770 | |
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NE, Northeast; MW, Middle-West; SE, Southeast; S, South. Food source not informed by the senders.
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