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Table 4 Entomological inoculation rate of Anopheles mosquitoes collected across five sites in Cameroon from October 2018 to September 2020

From: High vector diversity and malaria transmission dynamics in five sentinel sites in Cameroon

Sentinel Site

Species

Mean HBR

Infection Rate

Mean EIR (infected b/h/n)

Monthly Mean EIR (infected b/h/m)

Gounougou

An. gambiae s.l.

35.60

0.04

1.75

52.41

An. funestus s.l.

2.20

0.03

0.07

1.98

An. ziemanni

0.30

0.01

0.00

0.09

An. multicinctus

0.33

0.09

0.03

0.89

 

An. tenebrosus

0.02

0.33

0.01

0.20

Total EIR

38.43

0.17

1.85

55.37

Simatou

An. gambiae s.l.

73.91

0.05

2.92

87.53

An. funestus s.l.

0.41

0.01

0.00

0.12

An. ziemanni

2.28

0.00

0.01

0.27

An. demeilloni

6.00

0.03

0.18

5.40

An. rufipes

0.09

0.03

0.00

0.09

An. pharoensis

18.60

0.01

0.19

5.58

Total EIR

101.29

0.13

3.30

98.99

Mangoum

An. gambiae s.l.

15.57

0.08

1.70

50.85

An. ziemanni

0.37

0.03

0.01

0.33

Total EIR

15.94

0.11

1.71

51.19

Nyabessang

An. gambiae s.l.

3.55

0.05

0.21

6.32

An. moucheti

10.48

0.02

0.21

6.29

An. nili

2.04

0.02

0.03

1.04

An. ziemanni

0.63

0.05

0.03

0.95

An. paludis

13.21

0.02

0.26

7.93

An. marshallii

0.56

0.11

0.06

1.85

Total EIR

30.47

0.27

0.81

24.37

Bonabéri

An. gambiae s.l.

17.47

0.04

0.60

18.05

Total EIR

17.47

0.04

0.60

18.05

  1. EIR = entomological inoculation rate; HBR = human biting rate; b/h/n = bites/human/night; values in bold represent the total of each parameter per site