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Table 2 Entomological indices estimated for Anopheles mosquitoes collected at Kpone-on-Sea

From: Characterization of malaria transmission by vector populations for improved interventions during the dry season in the Kpone-on-Sea area of coastal Ghana

Anopheles species

No. (%)

Entomological indices

  

MBR (b/m/n)

  CSA (n)

  HBI (n)

EIR

An. gambiae s.l.

1209 (99.51)

11.37

0.015 (971)

67.67 (18)

0.17

An. funestus

5 (0.41)

0.03

0

0

0

An. pharoensis

1 (0.08)

0

0

0

0

  1. MBR , man biting rate; b/m/n, bite/man/night; CSA, circumsporozoite antigen rate (%); HBI, human blood index (%); EIR, entomological inoculation rate; (n), number examined.