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. 2018 Jun 28;11:372. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2877-6

Table 2.

Time series and intervention models for HVL, PCP (%) and PMH (%) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2006–2013

Indicator Variable Coefficient SE Z-value P-value
HVLa Theta_1 -1.03 0.05 -19.53 < 0.0001
Theta_5 -0.37 0.11 -3.33 < 0.0001
Theta_6 0.55 0.09 5.67 < 0.0001
Dummy_jan_2008_3 0.28 0.09 3.09 < 0.0001
Dummy_jan_2008_4 -0.30 0.00 -3.36 < 0.0001
PCPb Phi_1 0.62 0.08 7.20 < 0.0001
Theta_1 -1.00 0.06 -14.94 < 0.0001
Dummy_jan_2011 0.68 0.24 2.82 < 0.0001
Dummy_jan_2011_1 -1.83 0.43 -4.19 < 0.0001
Dummy_jan_2011_2 1.13 0.25 4.49 < 0.0001
PMHc Phi_1 0.99 0.07 12.61 < 0.0001
Phi_3 -0.18 0.08 -2.25 0.02
Theta_1 -1.49 0.03 -39.96 < 0.0001
Theta_3 0.49 0.03 13.19 < 0.0001
Dummy_apr_2008 0.76 0.06 11.42 < 0.0001
Dummy_aug_2009 -6.87 1.36 -5.04 < 0.0001
Dummy_aug_2009_1 5.97 1.31 4.53 < 0.0001

Abbreviations: HVL human visceral leishmaniasis, PCP proportion of canine prevalence = positive dogs in ELISA and RIFI/ dogs evaluated, PMH proportion of monitoring hosts (dogs not euthanized by the health service) = positive dogs only in the ELISA/ dogs evaluated; SE standard error

aHVL: Autoregressive integrated moving average model (ARIMA) (0, 1, 6) adjusted; Akaike information criterion: 103.40, Schwarz criterion: 118.19, and Hannan-Quinn criterion: 109.35

bPCP: ARIMA (1, 1, 1) adjusted; Akaike information criterion: 25.99, Schwarz criterion: 40.93, and Hannan-Quinn criterion: 32.01

cPMH:ARIMA (3, 1, 3) adjusted; Akaike information criterion: 425.40, Schwarz criterion: 445.40, and Hannan-Quinn criterion: 433.46