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Table 4 Anopheles darlingi human biting rate and entomological inoculation rate by month in the three localities studied

From: Implications for changes in Anopheles darlingi biting behaviour in three communities in the peri-Iquitos region of Amazonian Peru

Collection date

LUP

VBP

CAH

IR 2011/2012

HBR (±SE) 2011/2012

EIR 2011/2012

IR 2011

HBR (±SE) 2011

EIR 2011

IR 2012

HBR (±SE) 2012

EIR 2012

January

February

5.88/0.44

17 (±0.5)/125.5 (± 9.5)

0.04/0.31

0

3.5 (±0.5)

0

March

April

0.66/0.54

757 (±83)/550.5 (±11.5)

0.807/1.98

1.4

205 (±31)

0.86

May

1.26

630.5 (±201.5)

2.52

June

0/0.53

31.5 (±21.5)/188.5 (±126.5)

0/0.59

0

22 (±12)

0

July

August

0

9.5 (±0.5)/4 (±2)

0/0

0

15.5 (±3.5)

0

0

5 (±2)

0

September

 

–/5.5(±1.5)

–/0

      

October

0

7.5 (±2.5)/–

0/–

0

11.5 (±7)

0

1.47

28.5 (±3.5)

0.33

November

 

–/3.5 (±0.5)

–/0

      

December

0

4(±1)/–

0/–

0

7.5 (±0.5)

0

1.75

34 (±4)

0.25

  1. HBR: average bites per person per night (b/p/n) obtained from a mean of two collectors between 2 days/12 h per day per collection month. Calculations were made only with mosquitoes collected for 12 h by HLC.
  2. IR infection rate, EIR entomological inoculation rate.
  3. – Data not available.