Table 1. Univariate Poisson regression analysis of lagged effects of rainfall on abundance of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes 2 weeks, 1 month, and 2 months after rainfall periods, US military base, Djibouti, September 2019–August 2020*.
| Time after rainfall | Rainfall level, mm/wk | Regression analysis |
Abundance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRR (95% CI) | p value | |||
| 2 wk |
40–155 | 0.56 (0.3–1.1) | 0.09 | 2.3 |
| 21.1–39.9 | 2.4 (1.7–3.4) | <0.0001 | 9.6 | |
| 5–21 | 1.5 (0.9–2.5) | 0.11 | 6 | |
| 0.2–4.9 | 2.59 (2–3.4) | <0.0001 | 10.4 | |
| 0 |
Referent |
|
4 |
|
| 1 mo |
40–155 | 1.86 (0.9–2.2) | 0.009 | 7 |
| 21.1– 39.9 | 2.99 (2–3.8) | <0.0001 | 11.3 | |
| 5–21 | 1.13 (0.9–2.4) | 0.6 | 4.3 | |
| 0.2–4.9 | 2.58 (1.5–2.7) | <0.0001 | 9.8 | |
| 0 |
Referent |
|
3.8 |
|
| 2 mo | 40–155 | 1.37 (1.2–3) | 0.17 | 5.5 |
| 21.1–39.9 | 2.75 (2.1–4.2) | <0.0001 | 11 | |
| 5–21 | 1.42 (0.7–1.9) | 0.18 | 5.7 | |
| 0.2–4.9 | 2 (1.9–3.5) | <0.0001 | 8 | |
| 0 | Referent | 4 | ||
*Abundance is the average number of mosquitoes per trap night. IRR, incidence rate ratio.