Background
Methods
Study area
Mosquito sampling
Mosquito identification
Circumsporozoite protein and blood meal ELISA
Statistical analysis
Results
Vector abundance
Variables | # Observed | % An. gambiae s.l. | % An. funestus s.l. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
All | 33,529 | 54.3 | 45.7 | |
Covariates | ||||
Year
| ||||
1990 | 22 | 95.5 | 4.5 | |
1991 | 673 | 91.8 | 8.2 | |
1994 | 1,236 | 86.6 | 13.4 | |
1995 | 530 | 9.1 | 90.9 | |
1997 | 4,970 | 83.2 | 16.8 | |
1998 | 549 | 57.9 | 42.1 | |
1999 | 3,325 | 78.0 | 22.0 | |
2000 | 5,646 | 70.6 | 29.4 | |
2001 | 5,193 | 27.9 | 72.1 | |
2002 | 901 | 15.3 | 84.7 | |
2003 | 367 | 80.4 | 19.6 | |
2006 | 330 | 16.1 | 83.9 | |
2007 | 4,773 | 24.3 | 75.7 | |
2008 | 4,700 | 44.6 | 55.4 | |
2010 | 314 | 67.5 | 32.5 | |
Pre-post scale-up
| ||||
pre | 23,412 | 62.7 | 37.3 | |
post | 10,117 | 34.8 | 65.2 | |
Season
| ||||
Wet | 16,658 | 63.6 | 36.4 | |
Dry | 16,871 | 45.1 | 54.9 |
Shift in Anopheles gambiae s.l. sibling species composition over time
Period | Number tested |
% An. gambiae ss
|
% An. arabiensis
|
% An. merus
|
% An. quadriannulatus
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 - 1995* | - | - | - | - |
-
|
1997 - 1998 | 1,388 | 78.89 | 14.84 | 6.27 | 0.00 |
2002 - 2003 | 803 | 45.70 | 5.48 | 48.82 | 0.00 |
2007 - 2008 | 595 | 0.00 | 93.02 | 5.00 | 1.97 |
Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite rates
Variables | # Tested | % Positive | OR | 95% CI | P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | 33,383 | 4.60 | ||||
Explanatory | ||||||
Year
| ||||||
1997 | 1,027 | 5.94 | 1 | |||
1998 | 335 | 3.88 | 0.65 | (0.35-1.19) | 0.162 | |
2000 | 5,555 | 7.96 |
1.50
|
(1.12-2.01)
| 0.006 | |
2001 | 4,521 | 6.83 | 1.24 | (0.92-1.67) | 0.154 | |
2002 | 17,210 | 3.83 |
0.68
|
(0.51-0.91)
| 0.010 | |
2003 | 451 | 8.65 | 1.38 | (0.90-2.12) | 0.141 | |
2007 | 1,601 | 0.19 |
0.03
|
(0.01-0.10)
| <0.001 | |
2008 | 2,683 | 0.34 |
0.06
|
(0.03-0.11)
| <0.001 | |
Season
| ||||||
Long Wet | 18,214 | 4.62 | 1 | |||
Short Wet | 3,206 | 4.09 | 1.00 | (0.81-1.22) | 0.968 | |
Long Dry | 4,095 | 4.71 |
1.23
|
(1.02-1.49)
| 0.034 | |
Short Dry | 7,868 | 4.70 |
1.14
|
(1.00-1.29)
| 0.044 |
Total Anopheles mosquitoes tested | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Long Wet | Short Wet | Long Dry | Short Dry |
1997 | 47 (2.13) | 315 (2.86) | 511(5.68) | 154 (14.29) |
1998 | 7 (0.00) | 139 (3.60) | 168 (1.79) | 21 (23.81) |
2000 | 3,150 (6.29) | 1,157 (9.16) | 207 (5.80) | 1,041 (12.10) |
2001 | 2,629 (8.18) | 273 (3.30) | 604 (6.62) | 1,015 (4.43) |
2002 | 11,573 (3.66) | a* | 982 (6.62) | 4,655 (3.65) |
2003 | a* | a* | 451 (8.65) | a* |
2007 | 37 (0.00) | 709 (0.14) | 515 (0.39) | 340 (0.00) |
2008 | 771 (0.39) | 613 (0.16) | 659 (0.46) | 642 (0.31) |
Anopheles host feeding patterns over time
Species | Year | Human | Bovine | Goat | Donkey | Human-Bovine | Chicken |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An. funestus
| 1997 | 148 (1.00) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | 35 (0.97) | 0 | 1 (0.03) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2002 | 1,458 (0.85) | 249 (0.15) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2007 | 7 (0.05) | 113 (0.80) | 20 (0.14) | 1 (0.01) | 1 (0.01) | 0 | |
2008 | 2 (0.03) | 47 (0.80) | 8 (0.14) | 0 | 2 (0.03) | 0 | |
An. gambiae s.l. | 1997 | 826 (0.99) | 0 | 3 (0.004) | 0 | 1 (0.001) | 2 (0.002) |
1998 | 283 (0.99) | 0 | 3 (0.01) | 0 | 1 (0.003) | 0 | |
2002 | 245 (0.80) | 62 (0.20) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2007 | 38 (0.14) | 202 (0.75) | 27 (0.10) | 0 | 2 (0.01) | 0 | |
2008 | 41 (0.16) | 187 (0.72) | 28 (0.11) | 0 | 4 (0.02) | 0 |