Table-3.

Country prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes contamination ready-to-eat foods and global pooled prevalence.

Country	No. of studies	ESa	Lower	Upper	Weight	Heterogeneity	Degrees of freedom	p-value	I2(%)d
Spain	3	0.090	0.045	0.131	11.52	19.19	7	0.008	63.5
Italy	2	0.271	0.194	0.347	3.31	3.28	4	0.512	0.0
Japan	2	0.063	0.004	0.121	5.76	0.84	10	1.000	0.0
Turkey	2	0.110	−0.045	0.268	0.78	0.10	3	0.992	0.0
Sebia	1	0.251	0.146	0.355	1.78	1.72	1	0.190	41.7
Northern Ireland	1	0.084	−0.010	0.178	2.20	0.82	2	0.664	0.0
Sweden	1	0.232	0.175	0.289	6.01	49.22	4	0.000	91.9
Greece	2	0.081	−0.055	0.217	1.05	0.46	4	0.977	0.0
Estonia	1	0.045	0.022	0.67	38.96	44.82	7	0.000	84.4
Iran	3	0.276	0.186	0.365	2.44	48.56	5	0.000	89.7
Egypt	1	0.233	−0.010	0.476	0.33	0.64	1	0.423	0.0
India	1	0.052	−0.225	0.329	0.25	0.02	1	0.886	0.0
Algeria	1	0.063	−0.114	0.240	0.62	0.12	1	0.732	0.0
Ethiopia	1	0.089	−0.059	0.237	0.89	0.24	3	0.971	0.0
United Kingdom	3	0.133	0.075	0.191	5.85	11.58	5	0.041	56.8
Malaysia	5	0.139	0.079	0.199	5.48	12.64	18	0.812	0.0
Brazil	2	0.176	0.0	0.049	0.304	1.20	21.61	0.001	76.9
Nigeria	2	0.241	0.159	0.322	2.97	23.66	3	0.000	87.3
China	5	0.053	−0.012	0.118	4.58	1.31	6	0.971	0.0
Thailand	1	0.147	0.022	0.273	1.24	0.33	1	0.563	0.0
Jordon	1	0.563	0.426	0.699	1.06	14.82	2	0.001	86.5
Sudan	2	0.124	0.018	0.230	1.74	1.20	4	0.879	0.0
Overall	43	0.108	0.094	0.122	100.0	407.82	118	<0.000	71.1