Table 5. Entomological indices presented per season.
| Season | HBR
(bites/person/month) |
Pf-SI
(%) |
Pv-SI
(%) |
Pf-EIR
(infective bites/person/month) |
Pv-EIR
(infective bites/person/month) |
||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/N | Estimate | 95%CI | n/N | Estimate | 95%CI | n/N | Estimate | 95%CI | n/N | Estimate | 95%CI | n/N | Estimate | 95%CI | |
| Dry a | 39259/2470 | 477 | 472-482 | 17/38777 | 0.04 | 0.03-0.07 | 59/38777 | 0.15 | 0.12-0.2 | 17/2439.7 | 0.21 | 0.12-0.33 | 59/2439.7 | 0.73 | 0.55-0.94 |
| Rainy b | 11449/1650 | 208 | 204-212 | 1/11305 | 0.01 | 0-0.05 | 28/11305 | 0.25 | 0.16-0.36 | 1/1629.2 | 0.02 | 0-0.1 | 28/1629.2 | 0.52 | 0.34-0.75 |
| All
seasons |
50708/4120 | 369 | 366-372 | 18/50082 | 0.04 | 0.02-0.06 | 87/50082 | 0.17 | 0.14-0.21 | 18/4069.1 | 0.13 | 0.08-0.21 | 87/4069.1 | 0.64 | 0.51-0.79 |
a December to May b June to December b/p/m: bites /person /month; CI: confidence interval; HBR: human-biting rate; ib/p/m: infective bites /person /month; n/N: value of the numerator and denominator in the calculation of the corresponding indice as per the definition given in the Methods section; Pf-EIR: P. falciparum entomological inoculation rate; Pv-EIR: P. vivax entomological inoculation rate; Pf-SI: P. falciparum sporozoite index; Pv-SI: P. vivax sporozoite index.