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Table 2 The annual human biting rates, sporozoite rates, and the annual entomological inoculation rates reported for all three sites and by all three methods for catching mosquitoes, and for the combined data

From: Estimating the annual entomological inoculation rate for Plasmodium falciparum transmitted by Anopheles gambiae s.l. using three sampling methods in three sites in Uganda

Parameter

Sampling method

Sampling site

Jinja

Kanungu

Tororo

aHBR (95% CI)

HLC

270 (171-391)

1,022 (433-1,859)

7,399 (5,349-9,726)

LT

605 (485-744)

1,460 (1,208-1,736)

18,359 (16,711-20,133)

KDC and ET

94 (52-149)

849 (487-1,278)

6,570 (5,010-8,255)

All

537 (434-656)

1,377 (1,155-1,621)

16,606 (15,133-18,094)

Pf SR (95% CI) (numerator/denominator)

HLC

1.4% (0.03-7.5%) (1/71)

2.6% (1.1-5.3%) (7/269)

1.7% (1.2-2.4%) (33/1,946)

LT

0.3% (0.6-1%) (11/1,812)

1.2% (0.9-1.7%) (39/3,069)

1.9% (1.7-2.0%) (531/28,076)

KDC and ET

0 (0-11%) (0/31)

0.35% (0-1.2%) (1/279)

2.5% (1.9-3.3%) (54/2160)

All

0.6% (0.3-1%) (12/1,914)

1.3% (1.0-1.7%) (47/3,617)

1.9% (1.8-2.1%) (618/32,182)

aPf EIR (95% CI)

HLC

3.8 (0-11.4)

26.6 (7.6-49.4)

125 (72.2-183)

LT

3.49 (1.59-5.70)

14.4 (9.3 -20.0)

340 (290-394)

KDC and ET

0

3.04 (0-9.1)

164 (113-216)

All

3.2 (1.6-5.1)

14.2 (9.8-19.2)

310 (267-356)

Total number of sampling days

HLC

96

96

96

LT

1,151

1,163

1,191

KDC and ET

120

120

120

All

1,367

1,379

1,407

  1. aHBR: annual human biting rate; Pf SR: Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite rate; aPf EIR: annual Plasmodium falciparum entomological inoculation rate.