. 2020 Oct 29;15(10):e0240598. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240598

Table 2. Descriptive statistics of malaria vector biting rates at baseline.

Biting rate	Parameter	Parameter estimate in the indicated village
Biting rate	Parameter	KM-500	KP-506	MK-509	SP-513
indoor HBR (in bites/person/night)	p (in %) ^a	52	16	68	80
	minimum	0	0	0	0
	10^th percentile	0	0	0	0
	median	1	0	2	3
	mean	1.28	0.2	2.12	9.96
	90^th percentile	2.6	1	4.6	30.8
	maximum	12	2	10	38
outdoor HBR in bites /person/night)	p (in %)	52	64	92	96
	minimum	0	0	0	0
	10^th percentile	0	0	1	1.4
	median	1	1	5	17
	mean	1.24	1.72	10.68	29.16
	90^th percentile	2	4	25.8	83
	maximum	9	7	42	125
CBR (in bites/cow/night)	p (in %)	100	100	100	100
	minimum	3	14	26	13
	10^th percentile	5	16.4	26.4	20.2
	median	13	28	38	40
	mean	12.2	26	50.4	34.6
	90^th percentile	19.4	34.8	80.6	45
	maximum	23	38	81	47

Abbreviations: CBR, cow-biting rate; HBR, human-biting rate.

^a p, proportion of catches with positive counts of malaria vectors expressed as a percentage. Only the specimens in the Funestus, Maculatus and Leucopshyrus Groups were taken into account for parameter estimations.