Table 2 Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) between mosquito abundance and climatic factors in study areas.

From: Exploring mosquito abundance and Plasmodium infection through nested-PCR: implications for disease surveillance and control

 

Anopheles

Culex

r-value

p value

r-value

p value

Mandi Bahauddin

 Average temperature (°C)

0.015

0.964

− 0.021

0.948

 Average relative humidity (%)

− 0.045

0.890

− 0.065

0.841

 Rainfall (mm)

− 0.201

0.532

− 0.106

0.742

Jhang

 Average temperature (°C)

− 0.084

0.795

− 0.032

0.922

 Average relative humidity (%)

0.004

0.991

0.105

0.745

 Rainfall (mm)

0.073

0.822

0.293

0.355

Multan

 Average temperature (°C)

− 0.150

0.642

− 0.184

0.567

 Average relative humidity (%)

− 0.026

0.936

0.018

0.955

 Rainfall (mm)

0.040

0.902

0.174

0.589

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