Table 1. Village-collated mean estimates of mosquito human-biting rates determined during baseline surveys.
| Genus | Group | Species | Mean human-biting rate estimate of the taxon in the indicated village expressed in bites /person /night [range] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KM-500 (Nov 30th to Dec 4th) a | KP-506 (Nov 29th to Dec 3rd) a | MK-509 (Dec 1st to Dec 5th) a | SP-513 (Nov 29th to Dec 3rd) a | |||
| Aedes | - | spp. | 5.98 [0–37] | 0.32 [0–3] | 5.74 [0–36] | 0.86 [0–8] |
| Culex | - | spp. | 0.28 [0–2] | 0.12 [0–2] | 1.94 [0–12] | 3.24 [0–24] |
| Anopheles | - | spp. | 1.26 [0–12] | 0.98 [0–7] | 6.68 [0–44] | 20.1 [0–128] |
| Annularis | spp. b | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0.04 [0–1] | 0.18 [0–3] | |
| Barbirostris | spp. b | 0 [0–0] | 0.02 [0–1] | 0 [0–0] | 0.1 [0–2] | |
| Funestus | spp. | 0.64 [0–8] | 0.14 [0–3] | 2.6 [0–17] | 5.16 [0–35] | |
| An. minimus (s.s.) c | 0.62 [0–7] | 0.14 [0–3] | 2.54 [0–17] | 4.86 [0–34] | ||
| An. harrisoni | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0.02 [0–1] | ||
| An. jeyporiensis | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0.02 [0–1] | 0 [0–0] | ||
| Hyrcanus | spp. d | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0.08 [0–1] | 0.1 [0–1] | |
| Jamesii | spp. d | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0.02 [0–1] | 0.08 [0–2] | |
| Kochi | spp. | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0.12 [0–3] | 0.02 [0–1] | |
| Leucosphyrus | spp. | 0.04 [0–1] | 0 [0–0] | 0.12 [0–1] | 0.06 [0–1] | |
| An. baimaii c | 0.04 [0–1] | 0 [0–0] | 0.12 [0–1] | 0.04 [0–1] | ||
| Maculatus | spp. | 0.58 [0–4] | 0.82 [0–7] | 3.68 [0–28] | 14.34 [0–90] | |
| An. maculatus (s.s.) c | 0.22 [0–2] | 0.02 [0–1] | 0.9 [0–14] | 3.14 [0–21] | ||
| An. pseudowillmori b | 0.26 [0–4] | 0.76 [0–6] | 2.56 [0–16] | 10.42 [0–69] | ||
| An. sawadwongporni c | 0.1 [0–2] | 0 [0–0] | 0.18 [0–6] | 0.6 [0–3] | ||
| Subpictus | spp. d | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | |
| Tessellatus | spp. d | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | |
| Unclassified | An. karwari d | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0.02 [0–1] | 0 [0–0] | |
a each survey consisted of 25 person-nights of collection indoors and 25 person-nights of collection outdoors (total of 50 person-nights /village), the numbers of mosquitoes collected indoors and outdoors were pooled to calculate the mean human-biting rate.
b secondary malaria vectors.
c primary malaria vectors.
d some species in these Groups are efficient malaria vectors elsewhere, but were never found infected with human malaria parasites on the Thailand-Myanmar border (e.g. An. karwari, An. sinensis, An. subpictus (s.s.), An. splendidus and An. tessellatus) [7].