Table 4 Human-vector indicators
Category | Indicator | An. gambiae1 | An. funestus |
|---|---|---|---|
Directly Measured Biting | Proportion biting indoors | 0.59 | 0.71 |
Proportion biting outdoors | 0.41 | 0.29 | |
Behaviour-Adjusted Exposure—Unprotected Individual | Proportion of vector bites occurring indoors for an unprotected individual (\({\pi }_{I,u}\)): | 0.98 | 0.98 |
Proportion of vector bites occurring while asleep for an unprotected individual (\({\pi }_{S,u}\)): | 0.86 | 0.89 | |
Behaviour- Adjusted Exposure—ITN-User | Proportion of all vector bites prevented by using an ITN (P*): | 0.79 | 0.82 |
Proportion of human exposure occurring while asleep for a protected user of an ITN (\({\pi }_{S,P}\)): | 0.34 | 0.39 | |
Proportion of human exposure occurring indoors but not asleep | 0.55 | 0.49 | |
Proportion of remaining exposure occurring indoors for a protected user of an ITN (\({\pi }_{I,p}\)): | 0.88 | 0.87 | |
Behaviour-Adjusted Exposure—Population Mean | Proportion of exposure prevented by current levels of ITN use in the population (P*S,C): | 0.60 | 0.62 |