Table 1 Names and description of the variables of the malaria prevalence data from Harvard Dataverse [17]
From: Maplaria: a user friendly web-application for spatio-temporal malaria prevalence mapping
Variable | Description |
|---|---|
ID | Record ID |
Country | Country where the data was collected |
Afr Admin 2 Code | Administrative division number/code within a country |
Afr Admin name | Name of administrative division within a country |
Area Type | Either point (villages, schools and communities < 5km2), polygon (large administrative polygons) or wide area (areas > 5 km2) |
Lat | Latitude of the surveyed community |
Long | Longitude of the surveyed community |
MM | Month when the survey was conducted |
YY | Year when the survey was conducted |
LoAge | Lowest age in surveyed community |
UpAge | Highest age in surveyed community |
Ex | Total number of those examined |
Pf | Positive of Plasmodium falciparum parasite |
PfPR2-10 | Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate in children aged 2–10 years |
Method | Method used to detect parasite |