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Table 6 Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite rate and annual entomological inoculation rate (EIR) of Anopheles mosquitoes in the lowland (Kesem), midland (Koka), and highland (Koga) dam and non-dam villages in Ethiopia, between October 2013 and July 2014

From: Malaria impact of large dams at different eco-epidemiological settings in Ethiopia

Site

Village

An. arabiensis

An. pharoensis

An. funestus

An. coustani

Lowland dam

Dam village

 No. tested

1423

782

449

99

 No. positive (%)

59 (4.1)

18 (2.3)

20 (4.5)

0 (0.0)

 Annual EIR

129.8

33.3

47.8

0

Non-dam village

 No. tested

466

251

36

103

 No. positive (%)

8 (1.7)

3 (1.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Annual EIR

15.6

5.0

0

0

Midland dam

Dam village

 No. tested

541

421

36

103

 No. positive (%)

11 (2.0)

6 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Annual EIR

20.7

10.2

0

0

Non-dam village

 No. tested

205

126

−a

66

 No. positive (%)

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

−

0 (0.0)

 Annual EIR

2.0

0

−

0

Highland dam

Dam village

 No. tested

64

16

−

12

 No. positive (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

−

0 (0.0)

 Annual EIR

0

0

 

0

Non-dam village

 No. tested

23

0

0

16

 No. positive

0 (0.0)

−

−

0 (0.0)

 Annual EIR

0

0

0

0

  1. EIR refers to the number of infective bites per person per year
  2. a− (minus) refers to absence of the species in that area