Table 1.

Mean daily human biting rate (HBR), circumsporozoite protein rates (CSP) and entomological inoculation rates (EIR – infective bites per person per months) of An. gambiae s.l., An. funestus s.l. and An. nili s.l. by permanent sites.

		Dry period				Rainy period
Permanent Sites		An. gambiae s.l.	An. funestus s.l.	An. nili s.l.	all vectors	An. gambiae s.l.	An. funestus s.l.	An. nili s.l.	all vectors
Bangolo	PNC: 13/28
	Total collected	7	0	0	7	265	38	3	306
	HBR	0.5	-	-	0.5	9.5	1.4	0.1	10.9
	Tested for CSP	7	-	-	7	258	37	3	298
	CSP rate [95% C.I.]	0% [0–42.0]	-	-	0% [0–42.0]	2.7% [1.1–5.5]	2.7% [0.1–14.2]	0% [0–70.8]	2.7% [1.2–5.2]
	EIR	0	-	-	0	7.8	1.1	0	8.9
Guezon	PNC: 20/28
	Total collected	30	122	0	152	162	348	2	512
	HBR	1.5	6.1	-	7.6	5.8	12.4	0.1	18.3
	Tested for CSP	30	95	-	117	161	346	2	509
	CSP rate [95% C.I.]	0% [0–15.4]	2.1% [0.3–7.4]	-	1.7% [0.2–6.0]	3.7% [1.4–7.9]	5.5% [3.3–8.4]	0% [0–84.2]	4.9% [3.2–7.2]
	EIR	0	3.9	-	3.9	6.6	20.7	0	27.3
Kahin	PNC: 7/23
	Total collected	185	44	394	623	375	131	386	892
	HBR	26.4	6.3	56.3	89	16.3	5.7	16.8	38.8
	Tested for CSP	100	44	197	293	306	117	303	726
	CSP rate [95% C.I.]	3.0% [0.3–9.0]	11.4% [3.8–24.6]	3.5% [1.4–7.2]	3.7% [1.9–6.6]	4.2% [2.3–7.2]	2.6% [0.5–7.3]	1.0% [0.2–2.9]	2.6% [1.6–4.1]
	EIR	23.8	21.5	60.8	102.7	21.1	4.4	5.1	30.6
Logouale	PNC: 6/12
	Total collected	565	10	23	598	1531	43	34	1608
	HBR	94.2	1.7	3.8	99.7	127.6	3.6	2.8	134
	Tested for CSP	99	10	23	132	749	40	34	823
	CSP rate [95% C.I.]	3% [0.6–8.6]	0% [0–30.9]	0% [0–14.8]	2.3% [0.5–6.5]	2.9% [1.9–4.4]	0% [0–8.8]	0% [0–10.3]	2.7% [1.7–4]
	EIR	86.0	0	0	86.0	114.1	0	0	114.1

The dry period goes from February to March 2004 and the rainy period goes from April to June 2004.

HBR: Mean daily human biting rate

CSP: circumsporozoite protein rates

EIR: entomological inoculation rates – infective bites per person per month

PNC: Total Person-night of capture in dry season/rainy season

95% C.I.: 95% confidence interval