Hay, S.I., D.J. Rogers,
J.F. Toomer and R.W.Snow. 2000. Annual Plasmodium falciparum
entomological inoculation rates (EIR) across Africa. I. Literature survey,
internet access and review. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene 94, 113-127.
“EIRgeoref.xls”
contains data of geo-referenced locations in Africa for which annual EIR data
were published.
“EIRungeoref.xls”
contains data of locations in Africa for which annual EIR data were published
that could not be geo-referenced.
Download un-georeferenced data
*Correction on 1 August 2005: previously the longitude data was under Lat and latitude data under Long.
DATA
DOCUMENTATION:
Spread sheet data fields with descriptions and definitions of codes:
| Country | Country of study |
| Place | Place name of study location |
| Long | Longitude of data location (decimal degrees) |
| Lat | Latitude of data location (decimal degrees) |
| LL_source |
Source of latitude and longitude: a published maps b GeoName? Digital gazetteer CD-ROM c correspondence with authors d cited in the reference |
| Land_use |
R rural U urban I irrigated rice |
| Study_Date | |
| Start_Month | |
| Start_Year | |
| End_Month | |
| End_Year | |
| Sporozoite_Index | Percentage |
| SI_Method |
Sporozoite index detection method: e dissection f ELISA |
| SI_Calc | n Sporozoite index calculated |
| Biting_Rate | Annual biting rate |
| BR_Method |
Biting rate sampling technique: g human bait h insecticide spray i light traps j exit traps |
| BR_Calc | n Biting rate calculated |
| EIR | n Annual entomological inoculation rate |
| EIR_Convert | k EIR converted using (PORT et al., 1980) average child to adult conversion factor, f, of 3.57 |
| EIR_Calc | n EIR value calculated |
| Seasonality | Number of months |
| Seas_Meaning |
l Length of the entire transmission season m Number of months in which 75% of transmission occurs, calculated value |
| Rel_EIR_AnGam |
Relative EIR transmission by Anopheles gambiae s.l. (percentage) P presence only, absolute values unavailable A absence, absolute values unavailable |
| Rel_EIR_AnFun |
Relative EIR transmission by Anopheles funestus (percentage) P presence only, absolute values unavailable A absence, absolute values unavailable |
| Rel_EIR_Other |
Relative EIR transmission by other important local vectors (percentage) P presence only, absolute values unavailable A absence, absolute values unavailable |
| Rel_EIR_Calc | n Relative EIR values calculated |
| Citation |
NA
= data not available, or not applicable