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. 2023 Apr;29(4):801–805. doi: 10.3201/eid2904.220549

Table 2. Multivariate Poisson regression analysis of seasonal and climatic factors associated with Anopheles stephensi mosquito abundance with and without lag effect after rainfall periods, US military base, Djibouti, September 2019–August 2020*.

Variable No lag effect
1-mo lag effect
IRR (95% CI) p value IRR (95% CI) p value
Seasons
Winter 4.2 (2.7–6.3) <0.0001 4.12 (2.7–6.2) <0.0001
Spring 2.8 (1.9–4.2) <0.0001 2.86 (1.9–4.2) <0.0001
Fall 1.3 (0.8–1.9) 0.3 1.19 (0.8–1.8) 0.42
Summer
Referent


Referent

Temperature, °C
<30 2.4 (1.9–3.1) <0.0001 2.2 (1.7–2.9) <0.0001
>30
Referent


Referent
NA
Rain amounts, mm/wk
40–155 0.33 (0.2–0.7) 0.004 1.2 (0.8–1.8) 0.4
21.1–39.9 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 0.6 1.5 (1.2–2.1) 0.0024
5–21 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 0.53 0.9 (0.6–1.5) 0.7
0.2–4.9 0.7 (0.6–0.9) 0.005 1.4 (1.2–1.7) 0.0002
0
Referent


Referent

*NA, not applicable; IRR, incidence rate ratio.