Table 1

The effect of mean temperature on the duration of mosquito's life cycle and sporogonic cycle and its effect on the amount of lead time from the availability of breeding sites to the occurrence of malaria cases.
Weather factors
 Stages and duration of mosquito's life cycle and sporogony cycle affected by weather factors
Mean temperature (Rainfall temperature)
 Availability of breeding sites ----------------→ Malaria


Mosquito's life cycle*
 Sporogony†
 Incubation period in human host



Larva ----→ Adult(days)
 Adult first bite ----→ Infectious bite (days)

16°C
 47
 111
 (10–16 days)
17°C
 37
 56
18°C
 31
 28
20°C
 23
 19
22°C
 18
 7.9
30°C
 10
 5.8
35°C
 7.9
 4.8
39°C
 6.7
 4.8
40°C
 6.5
 4.8

* see references [32, 44]; †see references [35, 45]

Teklehaimanot et al. Malaria Journal 2004 3:41   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-3-41