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Table 2 Summary of entomological and epidemiological data according to regions before and after LLINs scale-up

From: Review of malaria situation in Cameroon: technical viewpoint on challenges and prospects for disease elimination

Region

Before LLINs scale-up

After LLINs scale-up

Transmission pattern

Main vector

References

EIR

Epidemiological data (%)

EIR

Epidemiological datab (%)

Far North

6.0–20.0 ib/p/m

8.5–40.8b

6.0–20.0 ib/p/m

7.3–9.2b

Seasonal

An. arabiensis

[42,43,44,45,46,47]

North

2.7–36.5 ib/p/m

6.5–30.7a

24.5–60.0 ib/p/m

28.6–35c

Seasonal

An. arabiensis; An. gambiae (s.s.); An. funestus

[46, 49,50,51,52,53]

Adamaoua

100 ib/p/yr

17.5b

 

8.1–10.6b

Perennial with high intensity

An. gambiae (s.s.); An. coluzzii; An. funestus

[55,56,57,58,59]

North-West and West

62.8–90.5 ib/p/yr

25.0–53.2a

2.2–11.0 ib/p/yr

9.3–22.4a

Perennial with low intensity

An. Gambiae (s.s.); An. funestus

[8, 58, 60,61,62,63,64]

Littoral, South-West, Centre, South and East

149.0–287.0 ib/p/yr

35.0–85.4a

0.7–1.4 ib/p/m

9.0–56.2a

Perennial with high intensity

An. gambiae (s.s.); An. coluzzii; An. funestus; An. moucheti; An. nili

[18, 44, 49, 58, 64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95]

Yaoundé and Douala

3.0–33.0 ib/p/yr

35.0a

0–90.0 ib/p/yr

35.0b

Seasonal

An. gambiae (s.s.); An. coluzzii

[66, 96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103]

  1. aPrevalence of malaria parasite in asymptomatic children of 1 to 15 years
  2. bPrevalence of malaria parasite in asymptomatic children of 2 to 9 years
  3. cPrevalence of malaria parasite in asymptomatic children of 6 months to 5 years-old
  4. Abbreviations: EIR, entomological inoculation rate; ib/p/m, infected bites per person per month; ib/p/yr, infected bites per person per year