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Table 4 Spearman’s correlation between the sand fly vector density (most abundant species and leishmaniasis vectors) monitored in the seven municipalities and rainfall from May 2011 to December 2014

From: Sand fly (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) abundance and diversity in areas affected by the São Francisco River transposition project in Ceará State, Brazil

Species

Lag Months

Spearman’s Correlation

Missão Velha

Brejo Santo

Lavras de Mangabeira

Iguatu

Mauriti

Jaguaribe

Jaguaretama

r

P

r

P

r

P

r

P

r

P

r

P

r

P

Ev. evandroi

0

-0.477**

0.001

-0.140

0.364

-0.256

0.093

-0.232

0.130

-0.129

0.406

0.056

0.719

-0.176

0.252

1

-0.460**

0.002

-0.345*

0.022

-0.489**

0.001

-0.122

0.431

-0.226

0.141

0.109

0.482

-0.043

0.780

2

-0.191

0.214

-0.261

0.087

-0.113

0.465

-0.348*

0.021

-0.071

0.646

0.115

0.457

0.048

0.756

Ev. lenti

0

-0.553**

0.000

-0.384*

0.010

-0.379*

0.011

-0.143

0.356

-0.141

0.361

-0.032

0.835

-0.104

0.502

1

-0.553**

0.000

-0.112

0.471

-0.504**

0.000

-0.195

0.204

-0.521**

0.000

0.107

0.490

0.103

0.506

2

-0.380*

0.011

-0.215

0.162

0.031

0.841

-0.155

0.314

-0.301*

0.047

0.170

0.270

0.052

0.736

Lu. longipalpis

0

-0.383*

0.010

-0.251

0.100

-0.046

0.765

0.413**

0.005

-0.023

0.884

-0.036

0.816

-0.011

0.943

1

-0.581**

0.000

-0.317*

0.036

-0.042

0.785

0.450**

0.002

-0.030

0.846

0.143

0.354

0.161

0.295

2

-0.465**

0.001

-0.074

0.633

0.196

0.202

0.195

0.205

-0.018

0.908

0.371*

0.013

0.391**

0.009

Mi. villelai

0

-0.059

0.702

-0.017

0.913

-0.205

0.181

-0.169

0.273

-0.027

0.862

0.277

0.069

-0.202

0.188

1

-0.601**

0.000

-0.240

0.117

-0.605**

0.000

-0.227

0.138

-0.118

0.445

0.380*

0.011

0.039

0.803

2

-0.445**

0.002

-0.149

0.334

-0.286

0.059

-0.329*

0.029

-0.072

0.643

0.397**

0.008

0.167

0.280

Mg. migonei

0

-0.567**

0.000

-0.246

0.107

-0.511**

0.000

-0.017

0.910

1

-0.369*

0.014

0.005

0.976

-0.205

0.181

-0.161

0.298

2

-0.158

0.304

0.112

0.467

-0.205

0.181

0.006

0.968

Ny. intermedia

0

-0.508**

0.000

0.013

0.935

-0.054

0.726

-0.183

0.234

1

-0.376*

0.012

-0.065

0.676

0.133

0.390

-0.247

0.106

2

-0.138

0.372

-0.044

0.779

0.199

0.195

-0.218

0.156

Ny. whitmani

0

-0.223

0.146

-0.205

0.181

-0.194

0.207

0.129

0.403

1

-0.353*

0.019

-0.006

0.969

0.163

0.289

0.031

0.844

2

-0.045

0.772

-0.115

0.458

0.248

0.104

0.263

0.084

Total

0

-0.505**

0.000

-0.262

0.086

-0.094

0.542

0.385**

0.010

-0.055

0.721

-0.026

0.866

-0.015

0.922

1

-0.621**

0.000

-0.335*

0.026

-0.103

0.507

0.433**

0.003

-0.131

0.396

0.153

0.320

0.169

0.273

2

-0.423**

0.004

-0.121

0.436

0.163

0.291

0.178

0.247

-0.066

0.672

0.375*

0.012

0.405**

0.006

  1. Two-tailed test, with a 99% and 95% confidence limit
  2. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01