Involvement of Anopheles nili in Plasmodium falciparum transmission in North Benin

Malaria Journal

Table 2 Entomological inoculation rate (EIR) in Anopheles gambiae s.l., Anopheles funestus group and Anopheles nili group in the Péhunco and Kérou districts

	Biting locations	Number of collected mosquitoes		HBR (b/h/night)		Sporozoite index (N tested)		EIR (ib/h/night)		EIR (ib/h/month)
	Biting locations	Kérou	Péhunco	Kérou	Péhunco	Kérou	Péhunco	Kérou	Péhunco	Kérou	Péhunco
An. gambiae s.l.	Indoors	430	74	26.875^a	4.625^a	0.025 (121)^a	0.014 (66)^a	0.672	0.065	20.156^a	1.943^a
	Outdoors	408	54	25.5^a	3.375^a	0.008 (120)^a	0 (50)^a	0.204	0	6.120^b	0^b
	Total	838	128	26.19*	4*	0.017* (241)	0.009 (116)	0.435	0.034	13.05*	1.02
An. funestus group	Indoors	9	0	0.5625^b	0^a	0.111 (9)^a	0	0.062	0	1.873^c	0
	Outdoors	12	1	0.75^b	0.0625^a	0 (12)^a	0 (1)	0	0	0^d	0
	Total	21	1	0.656^‡	0.031^‡	0.048 (21)*	0 (1)	0.031	0	0.9375^‡	0
An. nili group	Indoors	51	0	3.1875^c	0	0.02 (51)^a	0	0.064	0	1.913^e	0
	Outdoors	109	0	6.8125^d	0	0.009 (109)^a	0	0.061	0	1.839^e	0
	Total	160	0	5^¥	0	0.0125 (160)*	0	0.063	0	1.875^¥	0

b/h, bite/human; ib/h, infected bite/human; N, number of mosquitoes
^a,b,c,d,eValues with different superscripts at the two biting locations of the same district are significantly different (p < 0.05)
^*,‡,¥The total values with different superscripts in a same district are significantly different (p < 0.05)

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