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 2
Geographical distribution of Listeria spp. isolates, in Brazil. 1990–2012.
| States | Species | Total | L. innocua | L. monocytogenes | L. welshimeri | L. seeligeri | L. grayi subsp. murrayi | | % |
| Alagoas | 22 | 12 | | | | 34 | 0.58 | Bahia | 57 | 6 | | | 2 | 65 | 1.12 | Paraíba | 6 | 27 | | | | 33 | 0.57 | Pernambuco | 28 | 4 | | | | 32 | 0.55 | Goiás | 1350 | 169 | 15 | | | 1534 | 26.58 | Mato Grosso | 64 | 216 | | 3 | | 283 | 4.9 | Minas Gerais | 763 | 154 | 3 | 2 | | 922 | 15.97 | Rio de Janeiro | 330 | 259 | | 14 | | 603 | 10.45 | São Paulo | 334 | 837 | 13 | 2 | | 1186 | 20.55 | Paraná | 28 | 14 | 3 | | | 45 | 0.77 | Santa Catarina | 298 | 174 | 25 | 8 | | 505 | 8.75 | Rio Grande do Sul | 149 | 376 | | 3 | | 528 | 9.15 |
| Total | | | | | | | | | 3429 | 2248 | 59 | 32 | 2 | 5770 | 99.8 | % | 59.42 | 38.96 | 1.02 | 0.55 | 0.03 |
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