A vigilant observation to pregnancy associated listeriosis in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: The burden of human listeriosis, an emerging food-borne illness would be higher in Africa due to poor food processing practices. The severity of the disease and the high case fatality rate make human listeriosis an important public health problem. Besides, pregnant women and their fetuses are at higher risk of gaining human listeriosis. Thus, we planned to estimate the pooled prevalence of pregnancy-associated human listeriosis in Africa. Primary studies were exhaustively searched using PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and University of Gondar online research repository. Observational studies (cross-sectional) revealing the pregnancy-associated human listeriosis were incorporated. Eligible studies were selected and critically appraised for quality using the Joanna Briggs I

SUBMITTER: Geteneh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021409 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature