Table 3 Human biting rates (HBR; number of bites per person per night) for HLC by site and survey round. Results are presented for An. gambiae s.l. for all sites and for An. funestus s.l. for the Buliisa site only
Human biting rates | An. gambiae s.l. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |||
Month | Nov | May | Nov | May | Nov | May | Nov |
Hoima | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
N | 369 | 59 | 92 | 37 | 27 | 142 | 94 |
HBRa | 18.6 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 7.4 | 4.9 |
% contact indoors | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 |
EIR | 0.74 | 0.05 | Â | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.21 |
Kyankwanzi | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
N | 3684 | 144 | 60 | 1471 | 406 | 2641 | 947 |
HBRa | 197.1 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 78.9 | 21.7 | 141.6 | 50.2 |
% contact indoors | 99 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 |
EIR | 5.78 | 0.36 | Â | 0.98 | 1.35 | 2.46 | 0.98 |
Kibaale | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
N | 25 | 71 | 26 | 68 | 50 | 54 | 76 |
HBRa | 1.2 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 4.0 |
% contact indoors | 95 | 100 | 98 | 99 | 96 | 98 | 98 |
EIR | 0.00 | 0.10 | Â | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
Buliisa | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
N | 85 | 28 | 12 | 645 | 182 | 69 | 4 |
HBR* | 4.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 33.8 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
% contact indoors | 95 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 95 | 97 | 92 |
EIR | 0.37 | 0.00 | Â | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
Buliisa | An. funestus s.l. | ||||||
N | 189 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 204 |
HBRa | 10.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | Â | 11.1 |
% contact indoors | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | Â | 100 |
EIR | 0.21 | 0.00 | Â | 0.00 | 0.00 | Â | 0.00 |