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Table 4 Transmission parameters for Anopheles argyritarsis in Caiza during the study period (April 2005–June 2006)

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

Sampling period

Mosq capt

HBR

Q

g

p

Endo

Median hour

Mosq PCR

s

a

CV

EIR

Infec Life time

Density Infective females

April

8

0.26

-

4.5

-

-

-

4

0

-

-

0

-

-

May

4

0.10

-

7.1

-

0.42

21-22

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

June

65

2.10

-

10.1

-

0.11

19-20

16

0

-

-

0

-

-

August

25

0.96

-

8.8

-

-

-

17

0

-

-

0

-

-

September

10

0.31

-

5.9

-

-

-

9

0

-

-

0

-

-

October

10

0.31

-

6.0

-

-

-

10

0

-

-

0

-

-

November

3

0.09

-

4.4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

December

3

0.09

-

3.3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

January

14

0.44

-

3.2

-

0.00

20-21

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

February

49

1.53

-

.1

-

0.13

20-21

34

0

-

-

0

-

-

March

45

1.41

-

3.3

-

0.24

20-21

11

0

-

-

0

-

-

April

100

3.13

-

4.9

-

0.24

19-20

72

0

-

-

0

-

-

May

109

3.41

0.38

7.7

0.882

0.27

19-20

100

0

0.023

0.57

0

0.3

0.12

June

37

1.54

0.61

7.1

0.933

0.14

18-19

20

0

0.014

0.69

0

1.5

0.09

Overall

482

1.10

0.53

  

0.20

19-20

293

0

  

0

  
  1. 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).