Dramatic decreases of malaria transmission intensities in Ifakara, south-eastern Tanzania since early 2000s

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Illustration of complete sampling plan for the vector surveillance and estimation of malaria transmission in Ifakara town and its environs

Trap type	Position	Sample station	Frequency	Number of houses	Number of trap nights
Human landing catches	Indoors	Sentinel	Hourly collections, 5 nights per month	10	600
Human landing catches	Outdoors	Sentinel	Hourly collections, 5 nights per month	10	600
CDC light traps	Indoors	Random	Nightly collections, 1 night per month	100	1200
Suna^® Traps	Outdoors	Random	Nightly collections, 1 night per month	100	1200

The table shows the different trapping methods used, their frequency of use, position of use (indoors/outdoors), and whether the methods were used in sentinel or randomly selected households. The sampling plan does not include the additional collections done to assess parity

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