Prevalence of Microorganisms of Public Health Significance in Ready-to-Eat Foods Sold in Developing Countries: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Overall characteristics of included articles in systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020.

Authors	Publication; Year		Study design	Prevalence of selected microorganisms			Country	Risk of bias	References
				E. coli	Salmonella	S. aureus
Temesgen et al.	2016	71	Cross-sectional	29.6%	12.7%	9.9%	Ethiopia	Low	[17]
Reddi et al.	2015	150	Cross-sectional	42.6%	48.6%	73.3%	India	Low	[18]
Asghar et al.	2018	40	Cross-sectional	30%	2.0%	70.0%	Pakistan	Low	[19]
Elhag et al.	2015	30	Cross-sectional	26.7%	13.3%	55%	Sudan	Low	[20]
Ire and Imuh	2016	15	Cross-sectional	100%	73.3%	100%	Nigeria	Low	[21]
Shiningeni et al.	2019	96	Cross-sectional	35.0%	11.0%	7.0%	Namibia	Low	[22]
Okechukwu et al.	2016	17	Cross-sectional	83.3%	66.7%	66.7%	Nigeria	Low	[23]
Asiegbu et al.	2020	205	Cross-sectional	1.8%	21.8%	31.8%	South Africa	Low	[24]

: sample size; E. coli: Escherichia Coli; S. aureus: Staphylococcus aureus.