Review Article
Global Prevalence of Yersinia enterocolitica in Cases of Gastroenteritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 1
A pooled prevalence of Y. enterocolitica by culture and PCR method according to the countries.
| Country | Culture | PCR | Number | Pooled prevalence (95% confidence interval) | Number | Pooled prevalence (95% confidence interval) |
| Global | 45 | 1.97 (1.32–2.74) | 13 | 2.41 (1.07–4.22) | USA | 5 | 2.09 (0.23–5.62) | 1 | 0.23 (0.01–1.25) | Brazil | 2 | 0.03 (0.00–0.53) | 1 | 0.00 (0.00–0.92) | Uruguay | 1 | 0.45 (0.01–2.46) | — | — | Sweden | 2 | 4.95 (4.82–5.08) | — | — | Greece | 2 | 0.50 (0.32–0.69) | — | — | Netherlands | 2 | 0.60 (0.19–1.20) | — | — | Denmark | 1 | 2.36 (1.14–4.29) | — | — | Austria | 1 | 0.33 (0.01–1.81) | — | — | Germany | 3 | 1.09 (0.05–3.11) | 1 | 0.20 (0.15–0.27) | Finland | 2 | 1.05 (0.98–1.12) | — | — | Iceland | 1 | 0.65 (0.13–1.88) | — | — | Switzerland | 1 | 1.11 (0.51–2.10) | — | — | Poland | 1 | 2 (0.24–7.04) | 1 | 2 (0.24–7.04) | Italy | 1 | 0.64 (0.32–1.14) | 1 | 0.99 (0.58–1.58) | Jordan | 1 | 4.44 (1.94–8.57) | 1 | 4.44 (1.94–8.57) | Iran | 4 | 1.83 (0.75–3.35) | 1 | 2.64 (1.37–4.56) | Crete | 1 | 5.53 (4.34–6.92) | — | — | Saudi Arabia | — | — | 1 | 0.00 (0.00–2.24) | Palestine | 2 | 2.65 (1.68–3.83) | — | — | Tanzania | 1 | 0.00 (0.00–3.52) | — | — | Nigeria | 3 | 9.29 (1.94–3.08) | 1 | 5.62 (3.74–8.08) | Madagascar | 1 | 16.56 (11.21–23.18) | 1 | 16.56 (11.21–23.18) | Japan | 1 | 2.92 (1.88–4.32) | — | — | Australia | 1 | 0.00 (0.00–0.47) | — | — | China | 5 | 2.41 (0.61–5.35) | 3 | 4.37 (0.54–11.54) |
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