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				N	%
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

^∗NE, Northeast; MW, Middle-West; SE, Southeast; S, South.

^∗∗Food source not informed by the senders.