Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Correlation of hourly mean temperature and relative humidity with mean hourly activity of Ph. orientalis in Libo-Kemkem and Metema districts

From: Comparative study on the nocturnal activity of phlebotomine sand flies in a highland and lowland foci of visceral leishmaniasis in north-western Ethiopia with special reference to Phlebotomus orientalis

Species	Libo-Kemkem District				Metema District
	Mean temperature		Relative humidity		Mean temperature		Relative humidity
	ρ^c	P-value	ρ^c	P-value	ρ^c	P-value	ρ^c	P-value
Male	0.389	0.002^b	-0.24	0.068	-0.091	0.54	0.167	0.256
Female	0.45	< 0.0001^b	-0.252	0.052	-0.304	0.036^a	0.410	0.004^b
Total	0.44	< 0.0001^b	-0.234	0.07	-0.199	0.174	0.293	0.043^a

^aCorrelation is significant at the 0.05 level
^bCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level
^cρ, Spearman’s correlation coefficient

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