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Table 1 Malaria transmission indices in Minkoameyos

From: The effect of improved housing on indoor mosquito density and exposure to malaria in the rural community of Minkoameyos, Centre Region of Cameroon

Entomological index

Anopheles species

An. brohieri

An. funestus

An. gambiae

An. ziemanni

An. paludis

Total

Anopheles

Composition

  

 n

8

19

616

1

3

647

 %

1.2

2.9

95.2

0.2

0.5

100

Man biting rate (b/p/n)

0.001

0.003

0.094

0

0

0.098

Parous/dissected

1/8

7/13

290/465

1/1

0/1

299/488

Parity rate

 %

12.5

53.8

62.4

100

0

61.3

 (95% CI)

(0.3–52.7)

(25.1–80.8)

(57.8–66.8)

n/a

n/a

(56.8–65.6)

Tested for CSP

8

19

584

1

3

615

CSP rate

%

0

52.6

33.7

100

100

34.2

(95% CI)

n/a

(28.9–75.6)

(29.9–37.7)

n/a

n/a

(30.4–38.1)

EIR (ib/p/n)

%

0.01

0.28

0

0

0.29

  1. n/a Not applicable, EIR Entomological inoculation rate, CSP circumsporozoite protein, ib/p/n infective bites per person per night
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