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Table 8 Comparison between pre-control and post-control monthly biting rates, 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

Drainage basin

Capture site

Monthly biting rate (MBR) pre-control

Monthly biting rate (MBR) after 12 yrs of treatment

Infective rate (%) pre-control

Infective rate (%) after 12 yrs of treatment

Infection rate (%) pre-control

Infection rate (%) after 12 yrs of treatment

MTP pre-control

MTP after 12 yrs of treatment

Authors of pre-control data

Mungo/Meme (South of South-West)

Bolo

11122

12636

3.1

2.7

12.8

8.3

570

282

Enyong et al., 2006 [37]

 

Bakumba

9374

24408

3.2

6.0

7.5

10.8

266

1180

Moyou et al., 1993 [36] and Enyong et al., 2006 [37]

  1. NB: Only communities with pre-control data were presented in this table.
  2. MBR (Flies/man/month) = Monthly biting rate.
  3. MTP (L3/man/month) = Monthly transmission potential.