Table 3.
Anopheles nightly man biting rate and malaria transmission before and after LLIN distribution
| Pre-LLIN | Post-LLIN | Change | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site | Prevalence of infection (%) | Monthly EIR | Prevalence of infection (%) | Monthly EIR | MBR | |||||||||
| An (n) | An MBR | P.f. | P.v. | P.f. | P.v. | An (n) | An MBR | P.f. | P.v. | P.f. | P.v. | % | ||
| Dreikikir | 144 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 12 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | -7 | -90 | ||
| Finschhafen | 212 | 9.6 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 7.9 | 67 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | -7 | -68 |
| Mumeng | 562 | 28.1 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 18.9 | 31.5 | 5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | -28 | -99 | ||
| Yapsie | 127 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | -7 | -98 | ||
| Sausi | 14,436 | 360.9 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 23.7 | 5,979 | 124.6 | 0.2 | 0.04 | 5.8 | 1.5 | -236 | -65 |
Abbreviations: An Anopheles, P.f. Plasmodium falciparum, P.v., P vivax, MBR man biting rate (bites/person/night), EIR entomological inoculation rate