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Table 4 Mean daily man biting rates (ma), circumsporozoite antigen rates (CSA) and entomological inoculation rates (EIR – infective bites per person per year) of the malaria vectors by locality in coastal Cameroon.

From: Malaria vectors and transmission dynamics in coastal south-western Cameroon

Locality

 

Anopheles gambiae

Anopheles funestus

Anopheles nili

Tiko

Total collected

1086

305

205

 

ma

7.5

2.1

1.4

 

Tested for CSP

1086

305

205

 

CSA rate

7.1 ± 1.5%

17 ± 4.2%

6.3 ± 3.3%

 

EIR [95% CI]

177 [161.0–193.1]

85 [69.8–100.1]

24 [14.8–33.2]

Limbe

Total collected

619

79

-

 

ma

4.3

0.6

-

 

Tested for CSP

619

79

-

 

CSA rate

8.4 ± 2.0%

11 ± 7.0%

-

 

EIR [95% CI]

133 [123.7–142.2]

27 [22.4–31.68]

-

Idenau

Total collected

463

15

-

 

ma

3.2

0.1

-

 

Tested for CSP

463

15

-

 

CSA rate

10.8 ± 2.8%

10/15

-

 

EIR [95% CI]

124 [115.0–132.9]

25 [16.9–33.9]

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