Table 2.
Comparison of Models Used to Test the Effect of Several Independent Variables (Locality, Habitat, Season, Sex, Age, and Species of Rodents) on Individual Rodent Infection (GLM with Logit Function) in Eight Sites in Thailand, Lao PDR, and Cambodia
| Dependent variables | Model ranks | AIC |
|---|---|---|
| All Bartonella spp. | Province+season+species | 609.9 |
| Province+season+habitat+species | 611.3 | |
| Province+season+habitat+sex+species | 613.2 | |
| Province+season+habitat+sex+maturity+species | 617.0 | |
| B. rattimassiliensis | Season+habitat | 229.7 |
| Season+habitat+sex | 231.3 | |
| Season+habitat+sex+maturity | 233.4 | |
| Province+season+habitat+sex+maturity | 236.8 | |
| B. queenslandensis | Province+season | 232.2 |
| Province | 232.3 | |
| Province+season+habitat | 233.0 | |
| Province+season+habitat+sex | 233.3 | |
| Province+season+habitat+sex+maturity | 235.0 | |
| B. musii | Season+habitat | 117.0 |
| Province+season+habitat | 177.1 | |
| Province+season+habitat+maturity | 177.4 | |
| Province+season+habitat+sex+maturity | 178.2 |
Models are ranked from the least to the most supported according to corrected Akaike information criteria (AIC). For B. rattimassiliensis, B. queenslandensis, and B. musii only individuals from rodent species reported infected were used in the analyses (see Table 1).
GLM, generalized linear model.