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Table 1 Correlation between meteorological variables and monthly total malaria cases, at zero month effect, Jimma town, 2000-2009

From: Climatic variables and malaria transmission dynamics in Jimma town, South West Ethiopia

Meteorological variables

Correlation coefficient

P. value

Maximum temperature

-0.171

0.062

Minimum temperature

0.143

0.120

Mean temperature

-0.024

0.135

Rainfall

0.122

0.092

Relative humidity at 6 am

0.024

0.074

Relative humidity at 12 am

0.122

0.075

Relative humidity at 18 pm

0.140

0.064

Average relative humidity

0.120

0.068