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Table 6 Entomological inoculation rates (EIR) of malaria vectors from indoor and outdoor collections in Ahero and Iguhu, western Kenya

From: Indoor and outdoor malaria vector surveillance in western Kenya: implications for better understanding of residual transmission

Site and species

Parameters

Indoor

Outdoor

Light trap

PSC

Light trap

Pit shelter

Ahero

 An. arabiensis

SR

0.38

0

0.35

0

EIR

29.6

0

27.9

0

 An. funestus

SR

2.6

2.0

1.2

1.2

EIR

79.0

0.92

15.6

0.05

 An. coustani

SR

0

0

0.5

0

EIR

0

0

16.8

0

Iguhu

 An. gambiae s.s.

SR

3.6

0

2.0

2.9

EIR

18.8

0

5.5

0.17

 An. funestus

SR

2.4

4.0

0

0

EIR

5.7

0.82

0

0

An. arabiensis

SR

0

0

0

0

EIR

0

0

0

0

  1. SR, sporozoite rate in percent; EIR, annual entomological inoculation rate measured as the number of infective bites/person/year; PSC, pyrethrum spray catch