Table 2.
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients for correlation between Buruli ulcer prevalence and habitat suitability in Akonolinga, for both seasons and species
| Species | Season | Buffer | Bonferroni pvalue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belostomatidae | Dry | 10 | - |
| 5 | - | ||
| 4 | - | ||
| 3 | - | ||
| 2 | - | ||
| 1 | - | ||
| Village | - | ||
| Wet | 10 | 0.000 | |
| 5 | 0.014 | ||
| 4 | 0.023 | ||
| 3 | - | ||
| 2 | - | ||
| 1 | - | ||
| Village | - | ||
| Naucoridae | Dry | 10 | - |
| 5 | - | ||
| 4 | - | ||
| 3 | - | ||
| 2 | - | ||
| 1 | - | ||
| Village | - | ||
| Wet | 10 | 0.001 | |
| 5 | 0.013 | ||
| 4 | 0.014 | ||
| 3 | - | ||
| 2 | - | ||
| 1 | - | ||
| Village | - |
The column labelled Buffer is the distance, in km, around the village centre that the habitat suitability is considered, the buffer labelled village uses village boarders as a buffer (Figure 3). Bonferonni’s p value is the significance of the correlation between the insect and the disease, for clarity only significant values (<0.05) are presented, non-significant values are marked “-”. Significant positive correlations were observed between both Belostomatidae and Naucoridae in the wet season and Buruli ulcer prevalence, but not the dry season.