Comparison of transmission parameters between Anopheles argyritarsis and Anopheles pseudopunctipennis in two ecologically different localities of Bolivia

Table 2 Transmission parameters for Anopheles argyritarsis in Mataral during the study period (March 2005–June 2006)

Sampling period	Mosq capt	HBR	Q	g	p	Endo.	Median hour	Mosq PCR	s	a	CV	EIR	Infec life time	Density infective females
March	19	1.06	-	4.2		-	-	5	0	-	-	0	-
April	20	0.83	-	3.9		-	-	14	0	-	-	0	-
May	246	6.15	0.47	4.6	0.849	0.33	18-19	230	0	0.024	0.90	0	0.4	0.41
June	243	7.59	0.43	5.3	0.853	0.26	18-19	218	0	0.021	0.99	0	0.2	0.29
July	29	0.69	0.48	9.2	0.923	-	-	9	0	0.012	0.10	0	0.6	0.04
August	32	1.00	0.40	6.4	0.866	-	-	13	0	0.017	0.12	0	0.2	0.03
September	1	0.17	-	3.1		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
October	9	0.28	-	3.5		-	-	3	0	-	-	0	-
November	1	0.03	-	3.9		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
December	1	0.03	-	3.6		-	-	2	0	-	-	0	-
January	4	0.13	-	4.0		-	-	4	0	-	-	0	-
February	0	0.00	-	4.4		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
March	0	0.00	-	4.5		-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
April	24	0.67	0.90	5.2	0.980	0.25	19-20	22	0	0.021	0.70	0	34.2	0.47
May	128	3.56	0.55	6.0	0.905	0.26	20-21	232	0	0.018	0.66	0	0.7	0.25
June	53	1.20	-	6.2	-	0.27	19-20	68	0	-	-	0	-
Overall	810	1.65	0.48	-	-	0.30	18-19	820	0	-	-	0

For each month (i e, sampling period): number of captured mosquitoes (Mosq capt); human biting rate (HBR); proportion of parous females (Q); duration of gonotrophic cycle (g) in days; survival rate (p); proportion of endophagous females (Endo); median hour of biting activity (Median hour), i e, hour at which 50% of mosquitoes have already bitten; number of mosquitoes processed by PCR to search for Plasmodium parasites (Mosq PCR); sporozoite rate (s); estimates of the human feeding rate (a); estimates of the vectorial capacities CV ; entomological inoculation rate (EIR); infective life time (in days).

ISSN: 1475-2875