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Table 2 Data sources and properties of the predictors explored to model soil-transmitted helminth infection risk in Bolivia

From: Modelling the geographical distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Bolivia

Data type

Source

Date

Temporal resolution

Spatial resolution

19 climatic variables related to temperature and precipitation

WorldClim1

1950-2000

-

1 km

Altitude

SRTM2

2000

-

1 km

Land cover

MODIS/Terra3

2000-2011

Yearly

1 km

EVI / NDVI

MODIS/Terra3

2000-2011

16 days

1 km

Soil acidity / soil moisture

ISRIC-WISE4

1960-2000

-

10 km

Unsatisfactory basic needs (UBN)

Census5

2001

10 years

Municipality

Infant mortality rate (IMR)

CIESIN6

2005

Yearly

5 km

Human influence index (HII)

LTW7

2005

-

1 km

Human development index (HDI)

PAHO8

2005

-

Municipality

Population density

WISE34

2010

-

10 km

School-aged children proportion

IDB9

2010

-

Country

  1. 1 WorldClim Global Climate database v.1.4; available at: http://www.worldclim.org/ (accessed: 1 March 2012).
  2. 2 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM); available at: http://www.worldclim.org/ (accessed: 1 March 2012).
  3. 3 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); available at: https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/ (accessed: 15 December 2012).
  4. 4 Global soil profile data ISRIC-WISE database v.1.2; available at: http://www.isric.org/ (accessed: 15 December 2012).
  5. 5 Instituto nacional de estadística, 2001 census; available at: http://www.ine.gob.bo/ (accessed: 1 March 2012).
  6. 6 2005 Global subnational infant mortality rates, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). CIESIN, Palisades, NY, USA; available at: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/povmap/ds_global.html (accessed: 1 March 2012).
  7. 7 Last of the Wild Data Version 2, 2005 (LTW-2): Global Human Footprint Dataset (Geographic). Wildlife Conservation (WCS) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN); available at: http://www.ciesin.org/wildareas/ (accessed: 1 March 2012).
  8. 8 Pan American Health Organization; personal communication.
  9. 9 International Data Base (IDB) United States Census Bureau; available at: http://www.census.gov/population/international/ (accessed: 1 March 2012).
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