Table 1.
Search terms for literature review to determine the contribution of different Anopheles species to malaria transmission
| Search ID | Search queries | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PubMed | Global Health | Web of Science | |
| S1 | Sporozoite | Sporozoite | Sporozoite |
| S2 | ‘‘Sporozoites’’ [MeSH] | DE “Sporozoite” | Sporozoite rate |
| S3 | Sporozoite rate | Sporozoite rate | Proportion with sporozoite |
| S4 | Proportion with sporozoite | Proportion with sporozoite | Entomological inoculation rate |
| S5 | Entomological inoculation rate | Entomological inoculation rate | EIR |
| S6 | EIR | EIR | S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5 |
| S7 | S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5 | S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5 OR S6 | Anopheles |
| S8 | Anopheles | Anopheles | Africa |
| S9 | ‘‘Anopheles’’ [MeSH] | DE “Anopheles” | S6 AND S7 AND S8 |
| S10 | S7 OR S8 | S8 OR S9 | S6 AND S7 AND S8 (2000–2023) |
| S11 | Africa | Africa | |
| S12 | S6 AND S7 AND S8 | S7 AND S10 AND S11 | |
| S13 | S6 AND S7 AND S8 (2000–2023) | S7 AND S10 AND S11 (2000–2023) | |
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and Descriptor Index (DE) terms were used, where appropriate, to indicate subject headings in PubMed and Global Health, respectively. The Web of Science database does not allow the use of subject headings; thus only keywords were used to search for articles