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. 2016 Mar 10;15:156. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1195-8

Table 1.

The estimated malaria transmission intensity attributable to Anopheles farauti in Haleta village, Central Province, The Solomon Islands

Time Sporozoite rate (n positive) All night biting rate (b/p/18.00–06.00 h)a Daily EIR (ib/p/d)b Annual EIR (ib/p/y)c
Total tested P. falciparum P. vivax Overall
Nov 2011 207 0.0000 (0) 0.0000 (0) 0.0000 (0) 15.16 0.000
2012 2062 0.0000 (0) 0.0005 (1) 0.0005 (1) 13.98 0.007 2.5
2013 1907 0.0026 (5) 0.0052 (10) 0.0073 (14)d 13.33 0.098 35.7
Jan–Feb 2014 531 0.0038 (2) 0.0113 (6) 0.0132 (7)d 27.90 0.368
Overall 4707 0.0015 (6) 0.0036 (17) 0.0047 (22)d 14.81 0.069 25.3

aAll night biting rate was calculated with a calibration factor of 93 % biting before midnight. This figure was calculated from the biting profile presented in the first section of this paper

bDaily EIR [infective bites per person per day (ib/p/d)] = sporozoite rate × biting rate (18.00–06.00 h)

cAnnual EIR [infective bites per person per year (ib/p/y)] = sporozoite rate × biting rate (18.00–06.00 h) × 365

dThese sample periods include mixed P. falciparum and P. vivax infections (one from 2013, one from Jan–Feb 2014 and thus two mixed infections overall)