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Table 2 Number of times the different APf EIR methods were used (at different time intervals) over the 25 year study period

From: The multiplicity of malaria transmission: a review of entomological inoculation rate measurements and methods across sub-Saharan Africa

Sporozoite Detection and Biting Rate Method

Year intervals

 
 

1980–84

1985–89

1990–94

1995–99

2000–04

Row Total

Dissection + HBC

13

19

18

11

-

61

Dissection + PSC

8

-

-

-

-

8

Dissection + Exit Trap

-

2

-

-

-

2

Dissection + ELISA + HBC

-

-

-

1

-

1

ELISA + HBC

-

9

14

13

2

38

ELISA + PSC

-

-

11

31

-

42

ELISA + Light Trap

-

13

10

9

-

32

ELISA + HBC + PSC

-

-

4

-

-

4

ELISA + HBC + PSC + Light Trap

-

-

-

3

-

3

ELISA + HBC +Exit Trap

-

-

5

-

-

5

ELISA + PCR + HBC

-

-

-

3

-

3

Column total

21

43

62

71

2

199

  1. Note. Human bait catch = HBC, pyrethrum spray catches = PSC, enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assays = ELISA, polymerase chain reaction = PCR