Table 1 Response series (confirmed malaria) and potential clinical and environmental predictors series
From: Forecasting malaria in a highly endemic country using environmental and clinical predictors
Series | Description |
|---|---|
Clinical data | |
Confirmed malaria | Number of individuals with positive microscopy or rapid diagnostic test of malaria |
Negative for malaria | Number of suspected (presence of fever) tested negative for malaria |
Proportion tested | Proportion of suspected (presence of malaria) tested for malaria |
Appropriate treatmenta | Number of individuals who received appropriate anti-malarial prescriptions based upon their malaria status and NMCP treatment guidelines |
Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) | Number of ACTs prescriptions |
Appropriate ACTa | Number of individuals who were appropriately prescribed ACTs according to guidelines and malaria status |
Quinine | Number of quinine prescriptions |
Appropriate quininea | Number of individuals who were appropriately prescribed quinine according to guidelines and malaria status |
Chloroquine | Number of chloroquine prescriptions |
Inappropriate chloroquine | Number of individuals who were prescribed chloroquine |
Environmental data | |
Daytime temperature | Temperature at 3 pm (8-day composite image) |
Nighttime temperature | Temperature at 3 am (8-day composite image) |
Total rainfall | Cumulative sum of daily rainfall over a week period |
Log total rainfall | Log of cumulative sum of daily rainfall over a week period |
Mean rainfall | Mean daily rainfall over a week period |
Minimum rainfall | Minimum daily rainfall over a week period |
Maximum rainfall | Maximum daily rainfall over a week period |
Rainfall range | Difference between the maximum and minimum rainfall over a week period |
Vegetation | Enhanced vegetation index (16-day composite image) |