Table 1 Environmental and climatic variables influencing liver fluke infection
Variables | Descriptions |
|---|---|
Water distance (m) | Distance to water bodies |
Elevation (m) | Elevation |
Slope | Slope |
NDVI | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
Land cover | Land cover |
HII | Human influence index |
HFP | Human footprint |
BIO1 (â) | Annual mean temperature |
BIO2 (â) | Mean diurnal range (Mean of monthly (max tempâmin temp))] |
BIO3 (%) | Isothermality (BIO2/BIO7) (Ăâ100)] |
BIO4 (%) | Temperature seasonality (standard deviationâĂâ100)] |
BIO5 (â) | Max temperature of warmest month |
BIO6 (â) | Min temperature of coldest month |
BIO7 (â) | Temperature annual range (BIO5-BIO6) |
BIO8 (â) | Mean temperature of wettest quarter |
BIO9 (â) | Mean temperature of driest quarter |
BIO10 (â) | Mean temperature of warmest quarter |
BIO11 (mm) | Mean temperature of coldest quarter |
BIO12 (mm) | Annual precipitation |
BIO13 (mm) | Precipitation of wettest month |
BIO14 (mm) | Precipitation of driest month |
BIO15 | Precipitation seasonality (Coefficient of Variation) |
BIO16 (mm) | Precipitation of wettest quarter |
BIO17 (mm) | Precipitation of driest quarter |
BIO18 (mm) | Precipitation of warmest quarter |
BIO19 (mm) | Precipitation of coldest quarter |