Table 2. Potential environmental predictors included in models of Kyasanur Forest Disease distribution^†.

Category of predictor	Predictor name(abbreviation)	Description / units	Mean and s.d. across the region (1 km)	Range across the region (1 km)
TOPOGRAPHY	Elevation (elev)	mean elevation (m. a. s. l.)	559 ± 190	2–1224
	Slope (slope)	mean slope (degree)	4.5 ± 3.7	0–32.1
LANDSCAPE CHANGE	Area of forest loss	proportional area of cell classified as forest lost during 2000–2014	1.1 ± 2.6	0–43
LANDSCAPE	Forest type diversity	diversity of forest types(Shannon-Weaver Index accounting for % area per cell per forest type)	0.77 ± 0.32	0–1.37
	Area of dry deciduous	proportional area of dry deciduous forest per cell	13 ± 16	0–100
	Area of wet deciduous	proportional area of moist deciduous forest per cell	20 ± 22	0–100
	Area of wet evergreen	proportional area of wet evergreen forest per cell	17 ± 24	0–100
	Area of plantation	proportional area of plantation per cell	15 ± 13	0–90
	Area of water bodies	proportional area of waterbody per cell	4 ± 14	0–100
	Area of agricultural or fallow land	proportional area agricultural or fallow land	25 ± 24	0–96
HOSTS	Buffalo density	buffalo density in mean head per km per cell	17.5 ± 17.0	0.0–245.8
	Cattle density	indigenous cattle density in mean head per km per cell	60.0 ± 40.5	0.1–904.0
	Human population density	human population size in mean head per km per cell	204.7 ± 528.8	0–7087.8
PUBLIC HEALTH	Proximity to primary health centre (PHC_proximity)	proximity to primary health centrewhere 1 = Primary Health Centre (PHC) within village, 2 = PHC > 5 km, 3 = PHC 5–10 km, 4 = PHC > 10 km from village	3*	1–4
	No. of medics per head of population (Nmedics)	no. of medics per head of population	0.0006 ± 0.0018	0–0.04

†See S3 File for the sources and processing methods for these environmental predictors.

*modal value.