Entomological inoculation rates

Download MS Excel spreadsheets of entomological inoculation rates as published by:

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 georeferenced data

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


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