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Table 1 Metrics of the network analysis of determinants of transmission and persistence of malaria in Accra

From: Emerging properties of malaria transmission and persistence in urban Accra, Ghana: evidence from a participatory system approach

Label

K

C

B

x

Kin

Kout

Existence and enforcement of city planning and regulation

2

0.116

0

0.004

0

2

Adequate housing construction

2

0.119

10

0.006

1

1

Convenient waste and sewage management

2

0.119

10

0.006

1

1

Urban agriculture

1

0.111

0

0.004

0

1

Wells excavation

2

0.119

20

0.008

1

1

Number of breeding sites

6

0.128

147

0.032

5

1

More rainfall

1

0.119

0

0.004

0

1

Householders' awareness and decision-making on malaria infection risk

5

0.266

0

0.004

0

5

Hygiene and sanitation of households' compound

3

0.119

16

0.007

2

1

Household income

2

0.200

0

0.004

0

2

Temperature between 26 and 33 °C

1

0.119

0

0.004

0

1

Higher reproduction rate of female Anopheles

2

0.128

19

0.008

1

1

Number of female Anopheles

3

0.140

192

0.039

2

1

Surviving of female Anopheles

4

0.153

262

0.080

2

2

Use of insecticide in household

1

0.140

0

0.004

0

1

Insecticide resistant Anopheles strain

5

0.134

34

0.050

4

1

Pest management with pyrethroid-based insecticide in urban agriculture

1

0.124

0

0.004

0

1

Disinfection of healthcare facilities

1

0.124

0

0.004

0

1

Mosquito bites

2

0.160

246

0.038

1

1

Use of insecticide-treated bed-nets (ITN)

4

0.160

23

0.011

3

1

Perceived-inconvenience of ITN

1

0.145

0

0.004

0

1

Frequency and duration of nighttime activities

2

0.160

2

0.005

1

1

Use of door and windows mesh

2

0.160

2

0.005

1

1

Infectious mosquito bites

5

0.177

313

0.047

4

1

Population receiving infected bites

2

0.209

298

0.044

1

1

Malaria positive cases

7

0.255

328

0.086

4

3

Human migration

1

0.214

0

0.004

0

1

Human age category

1

0.186

0

0.004

0

1

Immune state of human host

2

0.214

15

0.008

1

1

Asymptomatic cases

1

0.000

0

0.029

1

0

Symptomatic cases

3

0.250

273

0.029

1

2

Health literacy

2

0.250

224

0.017

1

1

Visit to a healthcare facility

4

0.296

255

0.057

3

1

Enough and well trained healthcare-workers

1

0.233

0

0.004

0

1

Adherence to prescription protocol

2

0.273

9

0.008

1

1

Diagnosis (anamnesis and blood analysis)

3

0.333

239

0.060

2

1

Drug prescription

3

0.381

205

0.056

1

2

Compliance with the treatment

2

0.222

61

0.028

1

1

Satisfaction with the treatment

2

0.242

27

0.028

1

1

Trust in the healthcare system

3

0.267

47

0.043

2

1

Inadequate utilization of the medication

2

0.267

68

0.028

1

1

Increase in Plasmodium resistance to drug

4

0.296

61

0.034

2

2

Alternative medicine

2

0.000

0

0.031

2

0

Subsidy and availability on the preventive and curative malaria measures

2

0.236

0

0.004

0

2

Self-medication

3

0.250

18

0.007

2

1

  1. degree (\(K)\), in-degree \({(K}^{in})\), out-degree \({(K}^{out})\), PageRank \((x)\), closeness \((C)\), and betweenness \((B)\); Values in bold represent the higher value of centrality
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