Volume 25, Number 2—February 2019
Historical Review
Killing Clothes Lice by Holding Infested Clothes Away from Hosts for 10 Days to Control Louseborne Relapsing Fever, Bahir Dah, Ethiopia
Stephen C. Barker
and Dayana Barker
and Dayana Barker
Table
Temperature and precipitation data for Bahir Dah, Amhara Region, Ethiopia*
| Variable | Month |
Year | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
| Daily temp., °C (range) | 18.5 (8–29) | 20 (9–31) | 21.5 (11–32) | 22.5 (13–32) | 22.5 (13–32) | 15 (13–29) | 19 (13–26) | 19 (13–25) | 19 (12–26) | 19.5 (12–27) | 19 (10–28) | 18 (8–28) | 20.5 (11.3–28.8) |
| No. rainy days | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 125 |
| Monthly rainfall, mm |
2 |
2 |
12 |
28 |
80 |
205 |
396 |
375 |
211 |
87 |
12 |
6 |
1,416 |
| *All values are averages. Data were obtained from the World Meteorological Organization (https://www.wmo.int/pages/index_en.html). The altitude of Bahir Dah is 1,800 m. During the heavy rain season (June–September), it rains on most days: June, 18/30 d; July 28/31 d; August, 28/31 d; and September, 20/30 d. Temp., temperature. | |||||||||||||
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