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Table 1 Summary of environmental variables related to the distribution of schistosomiasis and Oncomelania hupensis

From: Identification of the high-risk area for schistosomiasis transmission in China based on information value and machine learning: a newly data-driven modeling attempt

Category

Variable

name

Definition

Source

Climate variables

AR

Aridity

http://www.resdc.cn/

IM

Index of moisture

 

AAP

Average annual precipitation

 

AAT

Average annual temperature

 

BIO2

Mean diurnal temperature range

https://www.worldclim.org/

BIO7

Temperature annual range

 

BIO10

Mean temperature of warmest quarter

 

BIO11

Mean temperature of coldest quarter

 

BIO16

Precipitation of wettest quarter

 

BIO17

Precipitation of driest quarter

 

Geographic variables

LF

Landform

http://www.geodate.cn/

LD

Land use

 

SLOPE

Slope

https://www.worldpop.org/

DST

Distance to waterway

 

EL

Elevation

http://www.resdc.cn/

ANDVI

Annual normalized difference

vegetation index

Socio

-economic variables

GDP

Gross domestic product

http://www.resdc.cn/

DP

Density of population

 

NTL

Night-time lights

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