Table 2. Variables associated with rabies in humans and bovines, and the weighting attributed to each variable for analysis.

Category	Variable	Description of variable	Application method	Source access	Assigned weight
Humans	Road buffer	Distance of the area from main highways	Geographic location	[38]	0.08
	Buffer of hydrographic conditions	Distance of the area from the main rivers	Geographic location	[37]	0.08
	Geographic distribution of rural human populations and indigenous	Total population	Interpolation of a data using weighted average	[33] [36]	0.24
	Density of rural and indigenous settlements	Total number of farms and indigenous communities	Kernel function	[34] [35]	0.55
Bovines	Road buffer	Distance of the area from main highways	Geographic location	[38]	0.06
	Buffer of hydrographic conditions	Distance of the area from the principal rivers	Geographic location	[37]	0.06
	Livestock distribution	Total number of cattle	Interpolation of data using Nearest Neighbor analysis	[32]	0.26
	Deforestation	Proportion of deforested area	Geographic location	[31]	0.57