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Table 1 Spatial autocorrelation/dependence of mosquito densities and malaria infection prevalence in Dar es Salaam city based on global Moran’s I

From: Spatially aggregated clusters and scattered smaller loci of elevated malaria vector density and human infection prevalence in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Outcome variable

Phase 1: March 2010–September 2010

Phase 2: October 2010 – January 2013

Moran’s I coefficient

p

Mean distance between points (m)

Moran’s I coefficient

p

Mean distance between points (m)

Female An. gambiae

0.15

0.002

174

0.11

0.005

210

Malaria infection prevalence

0.17

0.020

208

0.34

0.011

799

  1. p < 0.05 indicates tendency towards clustering