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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Parasitol. 2014;84:151–208. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800099-1.00003-X

Table 3.

Frequency of use of methods to measure annual P. falciparum EIR (1980–2004)

Sporozoite detection and method of determining biting rate Year intervals All years
1980–1984 1985–1989 1990–1994 1995–1999 2000–2004
Dissection + HLC 13 19 18 11 61
Dissection + PSC 8 8
Dissection + Exit Trap 2 2
Dissection + ELISA + HLC 1 1
ELISA + HLC 9 14 13 2 38
ELISA + PSC 11 31 42
ELISA + Light Trap 13 10 9 32
ELISA + HLC + PSC 4 4
ELISA + HLC + PSC + Light Trap 3 3
ELISA + HLC + Exit Trap 5 5
ELISA + PCR + HLC 3 3
All methods 21 43 62 71 2 199

HLC: Human Landing Catch; PSC: Pyrethrum Spray Catch; ELISA: enzyme-linked immuno-sorbent assays; PCR: polymerase chain reaction. Table reproduced from Kelly-Hope and McKenzie (2009) and originally published by BioMed Central, London.