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Table 5 Biting rates of primary [An. dirus (s.l.)], secondary [An. maculatus (s.l.)] and other anophelines captured by HLC and cow-bait catch across three ecological sites and in each collection month

From: Characterising residual malaria transmission in forested areas with low coverage of core vector control in central Viet Nam

Location, catch method and anopheline species

Biting rate (n) of each primary and secondary vector species per collection site

July

October

December

Total

Village

 Cow-bait

  An. maculatus (s.l.)

1.0 (5)

0

0.71 (5)

0.56 (10)

  Other anophelines

48.0 (240)

73.5 (441)

34.4 (241)

51.2 (922)

 OHLC

  An. maculatus (s.l.)

0

0

0.1 (1)

0.1 (1)

  Other anophelines

0.4 (2)

0.2 (1)

0

0.2 (3)

Farm hut

 IHLC

  An. dirus (s.l.)

8.8 (44)

1.7 (15)a

4.3 (30)

4.3 (89)

  An. maculatus (s.l.)

0

0

0.3 (2)

0.1 (2)

 OHLC

  An. dirus (s.l.)

9.0 (45)

0.2 (2)a

10.0 (70)

5.7 (117)

  An. maculatus (s.l.)

0.4 (2)

0

0.9 (6)

0.5 (8)

  Other anophelines

0

0

0.3 (2)

0.1 (2)

Forest

 OHLC

  An. dirus (s.l.)

5.2 (26)

0

5.6 (39)

4.5 (65)

  An. maculatus (s.l.)

0.6 (3)

0

0

0.2 (3)

  1. aHeavy rain was experienced in October (see section on rainfall data)