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Table 2 Description of the 2007 entomological data and the environmental variables evaluated from 2007 SPOT image.

From: Spatial heterogeneity and temporal evolution of malaria transmission risk in Dakar, Senegal, according to remotely sensed environmental data

Study area

N° of catching point

Geographic coordinates

(Decimal degrees)

Total number of An. arabiensis

(12 person/nights of capture in

each study area)

An. arabiensis aggressiveness

(number of bites/person/night,

averaged for 12 months)

Built-up area in 300-m radius buffer (Ha)*

Risk map class from the final model

Pikine

1

-17.4634; 14.6892

180

2.50

15.2

High

Universite

2

-17.4322; 14.7321

138

1.92

10.6

High

Hann Maristes

3

-17.4711; 14.7453

60

0.84

15.0

High

Ouest Foire

4

-17.4443; 14.6849

49

0.68

18.2

High

Gibraltar

5

-17.4353; 14.7159

43

0.60

27.4

Low

Yarakh

6

-17.4600; 14.7238

42

0.58

21.9

Medium

Liberte 5

7

-17.4448; 14.7496

8

0.11

27.8

Low

Grand Medine

8

-17.4803; 14.7609

3

0.04

26.4

Low

Yoff

9

-17.3987; 14.7584

1

0.01

27.1

Low

  1. * Total surface in a 300-m radius buffer is 28.3 Ha
  2. The aggressivenesses are given for nine adult Anopheles catching points in Dakar and Pikine. All values are rounded.