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A simple method for defining malaria seasonality
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* Corresponding author: Arantxa Roca-Feltrer arantxa.roca-feltrer@lshtm.ac.uk
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Malaria Journal 2009, 8:276 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-276
Published: 3 December 2009Additional files
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Comparison of malaria concentrated periods (i.e. month interval in which 75% of cases occurred) with the month interval of the rainy season as defined by the literature and/or by MARA for sites found to show 'marked seasonality'. Sites were defined as having 'poor agreement' if the 'concentrated period of malaria' did not fully overlapped with either the reported rainy months or the MARA maps. Conversely, sites were defined as having 'good agreement' if the 'concentrated period of malaria' fully overlapped with at least one of them.
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Table summarising results from sensitivity analyses looking at different season lengths (3, 5, 7, and 9 months) and different cumulative proportion cut-offs. Cumulative percentages for definition A (proposed definition for identifying sites showing 'marked seasonality') is also shown for comparison purposes.
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