Table 1.

Full search strategies for database searches, date searched, database name, and number of articles retrieved systematic review of prevalence of Campylobacter and Salmonella in African food animals and meat, 1953–2016.

Date Search performed	Database	Number of articles retrieved	Search string/terms and limits
11 Jul 16	Africa Index Medicus	46	Campylobacter OR Salmonella
21 Jul 16	CABI Global Health	2251	All = (Search #1) AND All = (Search #2) AND All = (Search #3)
11 Jul 16	ProQuest	774	Anywhere = (Search #1) AND All = (Search #2) AND All = (Search #3)
11 Jul 16	PubMed	1423	All = (Search #1) AND All = (Search #2) AND All = (Search #3)
11 Jul 16	Scopus	2059	Abstract, Title, Keyword = (Search #1) AND Abstract, Title, Keyword = (Search #2) AND Abstract, Title, Keyword = (Search #3) in the categories of Life Sciences and Health Sciences
11 Jul 16	Web of Science	1051	TOPIC = (Search #1) AND TOPIC = (Search #2) AND TOPIC = (Search #3)
		Where:
		Search #1	(Campylobacter*) OR (Salmonell*)
		Search #2	(cattle) OR (cow) OR (bull) OR (beef) OR (heifer) OR (steer) OR (bovine) OR (calf) OR (calves) OR (sheep) OR (mutton) OR (hogget) OR (lamb) OR (ovine) OR (goat) OR (caprine) OR (chicken) OR (avian) OR (poultry) OR (hen) OR (chick) OR (broiler) OR (layer) OR (pork) OR (porcine) OR (pig) OR (camel) OR (offal) OR (food) OR (meat)
		Search #3	(Africa*) OR (algeria) OR (angola) OR (benin) OR (botswana) OR (burkina faso) OR (burundi) OR (cameroon) OR (cape verde) OR (central african republic) OR (chad) OR (comoros) OR (congo) OR (cote d'ivoire) OR (ivory coast) OR (democratic republic of the congo) OR (zaire) OR (djibouti) OR (egypt) OR (equatorial guinea) OR (eritrea) OR (ethiopia) OR (gabon) OR (gambia) OR (ghana) OR (guinea) OR (guinea-bissau) OR (kenya) OR (lesotho) OR (liberia) OR (libya) OR (madagascar) OR (malawi) OR (mali) OR (mauritania) OR (mauritius) OR (mayotte) OR (morocco) OR (mozambique) OR (namibia) OR (niger) OR (nigeria) OR (reunion) OR (rwanda) OR (saint helena) OR (sao tome and principe) OR (senegal) OR (seychelles) OR (sierra leone) OR (somalia) OR (south africa) OR (south sudan) OR (sudan) OR (swaziland) OR (tanzania) OR (togo) OR (tunisia) OR (uganda) OR (western sahara) OR (zambia) OR (zimbabwe)