Vector capacity of Anopheles sinensis in malaria outbreak areas of central China

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Comparison of vector capacity of An. sinensis between outbreak time period and non outbreak time period in areas where only species of An. sinensis served as vectors of vivax malaria

Time (Location)	Incidence rate (%)	Man-biting rate (ma)	Human blood index (HBI)	Man-biting habit (a)	Expectation infective life (pⁿ/-lnp)*	Vector capacity (C)Ma × a × (pⁿ/-lnp)
1984§	0.02	20.8	0.0300	0.0120	0.2424	0.0605
1994#	0.01	4.7	0.128	0.051	0.7275	0.1744
2007 (Huaiyuan)	0.091	6.0957	0.600	0.2667	0.4761	0.7740
2007 (Yongcheng)	0.222	5.8621	0.666	0.2572	0.3649	0.5502

*: Expectation of infective life was measured in days. §: Reported data in Huanghuai valley, China. #: Reported data in Henan provinces, China.

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