Mapping Malaria Transmission Risk in Northern Morocco Using Entomological and Environmental Data

Table 3

Vectorial capacity in the study sites, Loukkos 2008.

		April	May	June	July	August	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.
Average temperature		15.71	18.31	21.36	23.58	23.48	22.00	20.37	16.58
Trophogonic duration in days (𝑢)		6.28	4.34	3.18	2.67	2.69	3.02	3.49	5.46
Pf sporogonic cycle duration in days (𝑛)		—	48.05	20.71	14.64	14.84	18.50	25.40	—
Pv sporogonic cycle duration in days (𝑛)		—	27.56	15.31	11.56	11.69	14.00	17.89	50.48
Boucharen	Human biting rate (ma)	2.25	18.38	166	236	367	84	57.25	1.25
	Parity rate; (females dissected)	0.92 (13)	0.91 (68)	0.64 (25)	0.78 (82)	0.81 (112)	0.89 (120)	0.83 (72)	0.60 (10)
	Pf. vectorial capacity	—	2.06	0.61	7.29	16.32	10.58	3.23	—
	Pv. vectorial capacity	—	3.21	1.31	9.71	20.89	12.59	4.59	0
Beggara	Human biting rate (ma)			32.25	52
	Parity rate; (females dissected)			0.63 (78)	0.85 (41)
	Pf. vectorial capacity			0.10	3.93
	Pv. vectorial capacity	—		0.23	4.75

Pf: Plasmodium falciparum.
Pv: Plasmodium vivax.