Table 3.

Estimated malaria transmission rates by members of the Anopheles farauti complex in Western Province

Year	No. tested	Sporozoite positives (%)				All night-biting ratea	Annual EIRb
		P. falciparum	P. vivax	P. ovale	Plasmodium spp.
2014	1546	0.26	0.13	0.06	0.45	16.89	27.91
2015	591	2.03	0.51	0	2.54	6.44	59.73
Overall	2137	0.75	0.23	0.05	1.03	10.81	40.63

^aThe value for the all night biting rate was calculated from the landing catches from 18:00 to 00:00 h and adjusted from biting profile which estimated that 59% of biting occurs before midnight

^bEIR [infective bites per person per year (ib/p/y)] = Sporozoite rate × Biting rate (6pm-6am) × 365; where the sporozoite rate for all Plasmodium species is used

Note: The villages included in these calculations were those with ≥ 8 sample periods, being Jack Harbour, Kinamara, Nazareth, New Mala, Saeragi