| Year |
Winter |
Spring |
Summer |
Fall |
| Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
| 2011 |
6/55a |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9/55 |
11/55 |
6/55 |
4/55 |
| 2012 |
5/55 |
9/55 |
10/55 |
7/55 |
11/55 |
8/55 |
9/55 |
10/55 |
11/55 |
8/55 |
6/56 |
7/56 |
| 2013 |
|
4/56 |
1/56 |
9/56 |
9/56 |
9/56 |
10/56 |
12/56 |
|
|
|
|
| Total/month |
11/110 |
13/111 |
11/111 |
16/111 |
20/111 |
17/111 |
19/111 |
22/111 |
20/110 |
19/110 |
12/111 |
11/111 |
| Total/season |
35/332 |
53/333 |
61/332 |
42/332 |
|
| aNumber of positive samples/number of samples analyzed |
| Table 3: Monthly distributions of L. monocytogenes on 1329 RTE food samples collected over 24 months in the years 2011-2013 in Kefalonia, Greece |