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Table 1 Impact of vector interventions on malaria transmission intensity

From: Impact of vector control interventions on malaria transmission intensity, outdoor vector biting rates and Anopheles mosquito species composition in Tororo, Uganda

Metric

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

Unadjusted

Adjusteda

IRR (95% CI)

p-value

IRR (95% CI)

p-value

Total human biting rateb

19.6

2.3

0.12 (0.08–0.17)

< 0.001

0.07 (0.04–0.11)

< 0.001

Indoor human biting rateb

17.3

1.2

0.07 (0.05–0.10)

< 0.001

0.03 (0.02–0.05)

< 0.001

Outdoor human biting rateb

2.3

1.2

0.51 (0.35–0.75)

0.001

0.34 (0.22–0.53)

0.001

Sporozoite rate

33/1878 (1.8%)

0/243 (0%)

N/A

< 0.001

N/A

< 0.001

aEIRc

129

0

N/A

< 0.001

N/A

< 0.001

  1. IRR incidence rate ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. aAdjusted for monthly rainfall with a 1 month lag time
  3. bNumber of female Anopheles collected per house per night
  4. cAnnual entomological inoculation rate