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Table 2 Infection rate and weekly entomological inoculation rate of Anopheles vectors in the study site

From: Bionomics and vectorial role of anophelines in wetlands along the volcanic chain of Cameroon

Volcanic massif

Wetland

Species

Tested

Positive

IR (%)

MBR (b/p/mth)

EIR (ib/p/mth)

Mount Cameroon

Tiko

An. coluzzii

469

1

0.21

328.3

0.70

An. melas

131

0

0

91.7

0

An. funestus (s.s.)

10

0

0

7.0

0

Meanja

An. coluzzii

167

0

0

116.9

0

An. funestus

41

0

0

28.7

0

Kumba

An. coluzzii

26

0

0

18.2

0

An. gambiae

357

0

0

249.9

0

Western Highlands

Mamfe

An. coluzzii

23

0

0

16.1

0

An. gambiae

260

3

1.15

121.3

1.40

Kupe Manengouba

Santchou

An. gambiae

116

8

6.90

32.5

2.24

Bamboutos

Ndop

An. gambiae

31

1

3.22

7.2

0.23

An. ziemanni

213

3

1.41

49.7

0.70

Oku/Ndu

Mbaw

An. arabiensis

20

0

0

4.7

0

An. gambiae

345

0

0

80.5

0

  1. Abbreviations: IR infection rate, MBR man biting rate as estimated by the number of bites per person per month (b/p/mth), EIR entomological inoculation rate as the number of infected bites per person per month (ib/p/mth)