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Table 3 Classification of malaria risk levels

From: Integrating malaria surveillance with climate data for outbreak detection and forecasting: the EPIDEMIA system

 

Trend in incidence

Increasing

Stable

Decreasing

Mean incidence

 Above outbreak detection threshold

High

Medium

Medium

 In between

Medium

Low

Low

 Below expected incidence

Medium

Low

Low

  1. Levels were assigned based on observed malaria incidence within the early detection window, and based on predicted future malaria incidence within the early warning window