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Description of the study villages, their geographical features and meteorological information. |
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| Study Sites |
Rundugai |
Kisangara |
Ndungu |
Chamwino |
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| Altitude(M) |
750 |
920 |
1050 |
700 |
| Rainfalls (mm)-2004 |
589 |
290 |
980 |
280 |
| Min.Temp (0C) |
24.7 |
26.7 |
22.1 |
26 |
| Max.Temp (0C) |
29.4 |
31.2 |
29 |
30.3 |
| Landscape |
Rural northern Tanzania; extensive swamps and savannah grassland |
Peri urban-semi arid, northern Tanzania |
Rural, northern Tanzania, bare hills, swamps and grassland. |
Rural-central Tanzania, semi-arid. |
| Ethnic groups and Economic activities |
Masai, Pare and Chagga, growing maize, vegetable, rice and keeping large groups of cattle. |
Pare, mainly growing maize and have cattle heads. |
Pare, mainly growing maize, banana trees, sugarcane, rice and beans. They have cattle heads around. |
Gogo, Growing maize and ground nuts, they have large groups of cattle around their houses. |
| Any Cattle kept in compound about 5 to 10 meters from sleeping house. |
285 (71.4%) |
605 (84.1%) |
1509 (72.5%) |
702 (67.4%) |
| Mosquito net in selected households. |
322 (81.0%) |
520 (72.3%) |
1797 (86.0%) |
512 (49.1%) |
Kweka et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:59 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-59 |
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