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Table 2 Parous rate, life expectancy and vectorial capacity of Anopheles sinensis

From: Entomologic and molecular investigation into Plasmodium vivax transmission in Singapore, 2009

 

Mandai-Sungei Kadut

Sembawang

Total Number

67

30

Bites/Man/Night

4.2

2.2

Parous rate

26.9

34.8

Probability of survival (p)

0.65

0.7

1/-logep (life expectancy)

2.32

2.80

p10(%)

1.3

2.82

p10/-logep (days)

0.03

0.08

Vectorial capacity

0.04

0.17

  1. p10: percentage of population expected to live long enough to become infective with an extrinsic cycle of 10 days; p10/-logep: subsequent life expectancy
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