Table 1.

Malaria Epidemiology at the Main Study Sites of the Southern and Central Africa International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research

	Zambia		Zimbabwe
Characteristic	Choma	Nchelenge	Mutasa
District population	148,000	296,000	169,800
Predominant Plasmodium species	P. falciparum	P. falciparum	P. falciparum
Endemicity	Hypoendemic	Holoendemic	Mesoendemic
Seasonality	Single	Perennial	Single
Parasite prevalence, %*
2012	0.7	30.8	6.4
2020	1.6	44.4	4.9
Dominant vector sp.	An. arabiensis	An. funestus	An. funestus
Secondary vector spp.	An. squamosus An. coustani An. rufipes	An. gambiae	An. gambiae
Entomological inoculation rate†	< 1	81	10

^*Measured by polymerase chain reaction (Choma) or rapid diagnostic test (other sites) in all ages.

^†Number of infectious bites per person per year.