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Table 2 Infection and entomological inoculation rates of major anophelines in the Mount Cameroon region

From: Diversity and behavioral activity of Anopheles mosquitoes on the slopes of Mount Cameroon

Altitude

Mosquito species

Season of collection

Total

Rainy

Dry

SI

HBR

EIR

SI

HBR

EIR

SI

HBR

EIR

Low

An. gambiae (s.s.)

0.3

6.3

1.6

0.1

2.4

0.2

0.2

8.8

1.6

An. funestus

0.3

1.0

0.3

0.2

0.5

0.1

0.3

1.5

0.4

An. nili

0.2

0.7

0.2

0

0.3

0

0.2

1.0

0.2

An. hancocki

0.1

0.8

0.0

0

0.2

0

0.1

1.0

0.1

Total

0.2

8.8

2.1

0.1

3.4

0.3

0.2

12.2

2.5

Intermediate

An. gambiae (s.s.)

0.2

5.4

0.9

0.1

2.3

0.3

0.2

7.7

1.2

An. funestus

0.3

1.5

0.4

0

0.5

0

0.3

2.0

0.5

An. nili

0.1

0.9

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.0

0.1

1.2

0.1

An. hancocki

0

0.4

0

0

0.3

0

0

0.7

0

Total

0.1

8.1

1.1

0.1

3.5

0.3

0.1

11.6

1.4

Overall

An. gambiae (s.s.)

0.2

5.9

1.2

0.1

2.4

0.3

0.2

8.3

1.3

An. funestus

0.3

1.2

0.4

0.2

0.5

0.1

0.3

1.7

0.5

An. nili

0.2

1.1

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.0

0.2

1.4

0.2

An. hancocki

0.0

0.6

0.0

0

0.2

0

0.0

0.8

0.0

Total

0.2

8.8

1.8

0.1

3.4

0.3

0.2

12.2

2.1

  1. EIR entomological inoculation rate; HBR human biting rate; SI sporozoite index