Table 2. Parameters of the selected Bayesian models (M4) for both P. falciparum and P. vivax (sequentially as intercept β0, EVI, TSI, Precipitation, random effects at (facility, district and province), temporal parameter and spatial CAR prior effect φ, SD is the Standard Deviation).
Parameter | Mean | SD | 5% | 50% | 95% | |
P. falciparum | Intercept (β0) | −3.630 | 0.387 | −4.244 | −3.633 | −3.008 |
EVI (β1) | −0.031 | 0.079 | −0.162 | −0.031 | 0.099 | |
TSI (β2) | 0.164 | 0.127 | −0.042 | 0.163 | 0.334 | |
Precipitation (β3) | 0.008 | 0.051 | −0.077 | 0.008 | 0.091 | |
Facility random effect (τ1) | 1.940 | 1.903 | 0.192 | 1.380 | 5.534 | |
District random effect (τ2) | 2.484 | 0.829 | 1.355 | 2.369 | 4.010 | |
Province random effect (τ3) | 3.668 | 1.164 | 2.040 | 3.521 | 5.838 | |
Rho for the month (ρ) | 0.849 | 0.117 | 0.617 | 0.881 | 0.969 | |
Spatial effect (φ) | 5.492 | 4.535 | 0.698 | 2.376 | 20.970 | |
P. vivax | Intercept (β0) | −2.065 | 0.240 | −2.451 | −2.069 | −1.662 |
EVI (β1) | −0.026 | 0.019 | −0.058 | −0.026 | 0.005 | |
TSI (β2) | 0.124 | 0.048 | 0.046 | 0.124 | 0.202 | |
Precipitation (β3) | 0.013 | 0.011 | −0.005 | 0.013 | 0.031 | |
Facility random effect (τ1) | 8.383 | 1.778 | 6.095 | 8.057 | 11.750 | |
District random effect (τ2) | 2.081 | 1.976 | 0.181 | 1.500 | 5.888 | |
Province random effect (τ3) | 7.972 | 3.953 | 3.897 | 6.922 | 15.530 | |
Rho for the month (ρ) | 0.728 | 0.098 | 0.551 | 0.737 | 0.872 | |
Spatial effect (φ) | 3.141 | 0.983 | 1.759 | 3.024 | 4.933 |
The betas represent the fixed effects of the covariates.