Insights into factors sustaining persistence of high malaria transmission in forested areas of sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Mvoua, South Cameroon

Table 1 Plasmodium circumsporozoite index, human biting rate and monthly entomological inoculation rate of Anopheles species in Mvoua between August 2018 and April 2019

Anopheles species	Tested (N)	Positive (N)	Entomological parameters
Anopheles species	Tested (N)	Positive (N)	Plasmodium circumsporozoite index (%)	Human biting rate	Entomological inoculation rate/month
An. funestus (s.l.)	65	7	10.77	0.55	1.5
An. gambiae (s.l.)	42	6	14.29	0.35	1.2
An. ziemanii	3	0	0	0.02	NC
Total	110	13	11.81%	0.93	2.7

Human-biting rate (HBR) is the average number of bites received per person per night; (ii) Plasmodium circumsporozoite index (infection rate) is the proportion of mosquitoes found with Plasmodium circumsporozoite antigen in the heads and thoraces; entomological inoculation rate is the product of the HBR and circumsporozoite rate
NC not calculated

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