Table 2.

Malaria Transmission Intensity in Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Kenya

Anopheles Species	Biting Locations	HBR (Bites/Person/Night)			Sporozoite Index, %a			EIR (Infective Bites/Person/Year)
		Cameroon	Ethiopia	Kenya	Cameroon	Ethiopia	Kenya	Cameroon	Ethiopia	Kenya
An. gambiae s.l.	Indoor	5.22	3.13	0.17	0.05 [0.04–0.06] (1171)	0.000 […]	0 (11)	95.28	0.00	0.00
	Outdoor	6.35	8.61	0.85	0.06 [0.05–0.08] (1004)	0.005 [0.004–0.01]	0.018 [0.0–0.1] (55)	139.04	15.87	5.63
	Total	5.78	5.87	0.508	0.06 [0.05–0.07] (2175)	0.004 [0.002–0.005]	0.015 [0.0–0.08] (66)	126.69	7.93	2.815
An. moucheti	Indoor	10.72	0.00	0.00	0.008 [0.004–0.011] (2604)	NA	NA	31.32	NA	0.00
	Outdoor	12.65	0.00	0.02	0.006 [0.0033–0.009] (2545)	NA	0 (1) […]	27.71	NA	0.00
	Total	11.69	0.00	0.008	0.007 [0.005–0.009] (5149)	NA	0 (1) […]	29.86	NA	0.00
An. funestus group	Indoor	0.00	0.00	1.86	NA	NA	0.04 [0.01–0.09] (121)	0.00	NA	28.15
	Outdoor	0.00	0.00	1.71	NA	NA	0.03 [0.01–0.09] (111)	0.00	NA	16.89
	Total	0.00	0.00	1.785	NA	NA	0.03 [0.02–0.07] (232)	0.00	NA	22.52
Other species	Indoor	10.64	6.13	0.00	0.005 [0.003–0.008] (2765)	0.000 […]	0 (0)	19.42	0.0	0.00
	Outdoor	13.47	26.57	0.26	0.007 [0.004–0.011] (2713)	0.002 [0.0–0.01]	0.058 [0.001–0.33] (17)	34.42	15.9	5.63
	Total	12.06	16.35	0.13	0.006 [0.004–0.008] (5478)	0.001 [0.0–0.01]	0.058 [0.001–0.33] (17)	26.40	7.9	2.81
All species	Indoor	26.59	9.26	2.03	0.014 [0.011–0.017] (6540)	0.000 […]	0.037 [0.01–0.08] (132)	135.85	0.00	28.15
	Outdoor	32.47	35.17	2.83	0.016 [0.013–0.019] (6262)	0.002 [0.001–0.01]	0.027 [0.01–0.06] (184)	189.64	31.74	28.15
	Total	29.53	22.22	2.43	0.015 [0.013–0.017] (12 802)	0.002 [0.001–0.01]	0.03 [0.015–0.05] (316)	161.67	15.87	28.15

Abbreviations: EIR, entomological inoculation rate; HBR, human biting rate; NA, not available; s.l., sensu lato.

^aSporozoite Index shown as percent of plasmodium positive mosquitoes and number tested and compared by Fischers exact test.