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Fig. 1. PRISMA flow chart for the selection of studies included in the systematic review and meta-analysis.
Fig. 2 . a) geographical distribution of the 157 studies included, b) distribution of the design of the study, c) cumulative frequency according to the year of publication, d) distribution of the diagnostic technique and the number of diagnostic tools used to detect NTS in poultry samples, and e) summary of the individual risk of bias assessment.
Fig. 3 . Top 10 ranking and prevalence of NTS in poultry samples from the Americas.
Fig. 4. Sankey diagrams for the distribution of the five main serovars of NTS in samples from a) birds, b) products and sub-products, and c) environmental.
Fig. 5. a) forest plot of the meta-analysis to estimate the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in poultry samples, b) top 10 ranking of the NTS serovars that showed antimicrobial resistance, c) distribution of Salmonella isolates according to the group and antibiotic to which they showed resistance, and d) top 10 ranking of the antibiotics that were reported in resistant isolates.