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Table 2 Characteristics of the study districts (average daily malaria cases and meteorological variables)

From: Weather-based prediction of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in epidemic-prone regions of Ethiopia I. Patterns of lagged weather effects reflect biological mechanisms

District

Altitude

Malaria cases

Maxt

Mint

Rain

Group

(m)

Mean

Min

Max

(°C)

(°C)

(mm)

Alaba

1750

39

0

163

27.4

11.7

19.6

cold

Awasa

1750

11.3

0

17

27.4

12.6

19.3

cold

Bahirdar

1770

22.1

1

83

27.2

13

25.2

cold

Debrezeit

1900

25.2

1

147

26.5

12.1

16.5

cold

Hosana

2200

19.4

0

96

22.4

10.7

23.4

cold

Jima

1725

13.2

0

85

27.6

11.6

30

cold

Diredawa

1260

25.3

0

330

31.8

19

13.8

hot

Nazareth

1622

17.7

0

109

27.5

14.3

17.1

hot

Wolayita

 

13.9

0

113

25.3

14.4

24.4

hot

Zeway

1640

11.4

1

102

27.5

13.9

13.7

hot

  1. maxt-maximum temperature, mint-minimum temperature