Malaria vector research and control in Haiti: a systematic review

Malaria Journal

Table 2 Outdoor-to-indoor biting ratios of Anopheles albimanus derived from human-landing catch and light trap studies in Haiti

Author and year	Reference	Location	Outdoor-to-indoor biting ratio^f
Taylor 1976	[27]	Various sites in Haiti^a	3.87
Hobbs et al. 1986	[28]	Various sites in Haiti^b	2.10
Mekuria et al. 1990^c	[30]
An. albimanus		Dajabón, DR	30.22
An. vestitipennis		Dajabón, DR	16.19
Desenfant 1988/Molez et al. 1998	[25, 31]
–		Bellevue, Haiti—EM48	1.16
–		Bellevue, Haiti—EM61	1.95
–		Laborde, Haiti	1.10
Sexton et al. 1986^d	[47]
HLC		Various sites in Haiti^b	5.60
UV light trap		Various sites in Haiti^b	3.88
CDC light trap		Various sites in Haiti^b	0.29

^aSites included: the communes of Mirebalais, Las Cahobas, Duvalierville, Port-de-Paix, Gros Morne and Arcahaie
^bSites included: Four villages of Morne Anglais, Belle Hotesse, La Fond and St. Michel
^cThis study provided results for An. albimanus and An. vestitipennis
^dThis study provided results for HLC, UV light traps and CDC light traps
^eThis study provided results for UV light traps
^fThe ratios were calculated by adding one to each outdoor and indoor biting value calculating the outdoor-indoor ratio then averaging the ratio

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