Table 1

ARIMA regression of the logarithmic monthly malaria incidence (1971–1999) on the weather factors in Mengla, China


Model I
Model II



β
S.E.
p
β
S.E.
p

Moving average
0.520
0.049
<.0001
0.517
0.049
<.0001
Seasonal moving average
0.799
0.035
<.0001
0.795
0.035
<.0001
Auto-regression
-0.165
0.057
0.004
-0.167
0.057
0.004
Humidity (lag 4)
-0.003
0.005
0.531



Rainfall (lag 4)
-0.0001
0.0001
0.478



T_max (lag 4)
0.012
0.010
0.212
0.018
0.008
0.021
T_min (lag 1)
0.032
0.010
0.002
0.032
0.010
0.002
T_min (lag 2)
0.027
0.010
0.008
0.028
0.010
0.006
Fog frequency (lag 7)
0.004
0.002
0.020
0.004
0.002
0.021
AIC

-202.2


-204.8


Tian et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:110   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-110

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