Table 2.

Association between mosquito landing rates and sporozoite infection rates in An. darlingi collected by human volunteers in the vicinity of Iquitos, Peru, from October of 1996 to September of 1997

Collection period	Landing rate*	Infection rate†	Number tested (number infected)	EIR per month‡
October 23 to November 4, 1996	61	0.3	906 (3)	5.5
December 3–13, 1996	80	0.5	1,161 (6)	12.0
January 14–28, 1997	20	1.1	471 (5)	6.7
February 26 to March 9, 1997	15	0	95 (0)	0
April 7–14, 1997	165	0.1	3,024 (3)	5.0
May 20 to June 4, 1997	83	0	885 (0)	0
July 1–16, 1997	11	3.1	129 (4)	10.2
August 12–25, 1997	5	0	0 (0)	0
September 17 to October 1, 1997	3	0	48 (0)	0

^*Number of An. darlingi captured per 24-hour period per person.

^†Number of An. darlingi containing P. falciparum sporozoites per 100 tested.

^‡Entomologic inoculation rates = landing rate×infection rate/100×30.