Table 1 Characteristics of sites and collections

District

Jinja

Kanungu

Tororo

Entomological Inoculation Rate (EIR)^a

3.2

14.2

310.0

Transmission intensity at baseline

Low

Medium

High

Households sampled (N)

5212

5414

5376

Total Anopheles collected (n)

4.640

18,474

134,981

Vector density

0.89

3.41

25.11

Mosquito collections

An. gambiae s.s. (n, %)

1736 (37%)

18,135 (98%)

87,936 (65%)

An. arabiensis (n, %)

2391 (52%)

117 (0.6%)

32,485 (24.2%)

An. funestus s.l. (n, %)

234 (5%)

115 (0.6%)

13,533 (10%)

Other Anopheles (n, %)

279 (6%)

107 (0.6%)

1,027 (0.8%