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Table 6 Monthly biting rate, infective rates and monthly transmission potentials at different sites in the study area

From: Situation analysis of parasitological and entomological indices of onchocerciasis transmission in three drainage basins of the rain forest of South West Cameroon after a decade of ivermectin treatment

Capture site

River

Latitude

Longitude

MBR

Infective rate (%)

MTP

Drainage basin

Kajifu/Ebinsi

Ebinsi

N05.93333°

E09.21666°

30382.5

2.8

285

Manyu

Babong

Banks (Monaya River)

N05.05000°

E09.05000°

48711.4

1.7

313.5

Bolo

Dilolo

N04.86666°

E09.43333°

12636

2.7

282

Mungo

Bakumba Bridge

Uve

N04.76666°

E09.31666°

24408

6

1180.1

Bombele

Meme

N04.64910°

E009.26020°

18714

5.3

1128

Meme

Big Massaka

Uve

N04.68737°

E009.29251°

11502

6.4

1211.7

Marumba I

Bile

N04.58773°

E009.34178°

6090

2

90

  1. (Flies/man/month) = Monthly biting rate.
  2. MTP (L3/man/month) = Monthly transmission potential.