Table 4 |
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Mean daily man biting rates (ma), circumsporozoite antigen rates (CSA) and entomological inoculation rates (EIR – infective bites per person per year) of the malaria vectors by locality in coastal Cameroon. |
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| Locality |
Anopheles gambiae |
Anopheles funestus |
Anopheles nili |
|
|
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| Tiko |
Total collected |
1086 |
305 |
205 |
| ma |
7.5 |
2.1 |
1.4 |
|
| Tested for CSP |
1086 |
305 |
205 |
|
| CSA rate |
7.1 ± 1.5% |
17 ± 4.2% |
6.3 ± 3.3% |
|
| EIR [95% CI] |
177 [161.0–193.1] |
85 [69.8–100.1] |
24 [14.8–33.2] |
|
| Limbe |
Total collected |
619 |
79 |
- |
| ma |
4.3 |
0.6 |
- |
|
| Tested for CSP |
619 |
79 |
- |
|
| CSA rate |
8.4 ± 2.0% |
11 ± 7.0% |
- |
|
| EIR [95% CI] |
133 [123.7–142.2] |
27 [22.4–31.68] |
- |
|
| Idenau |
Total collected |
463 |
15 |
- |
| ma |
3.2 |
0.1 |
- |
|
| Tested for CSP |
463 |
15 |
- |
|
| CSA rate |
10.8 ± 2.8% |
10/15 |
- |
|
| EIR [95% CI] |
124 [115.0–132.9] |
25 [16.9–33.9] |
- |
|
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Bigoga et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:5 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-5 |
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