Estimating the annual entomological inoculation rate for Plasmodium falciparum transmitted by Anopheles gambiae s.l. using three sampling methods in three sites in Uganda

Table 3 The results of the linear regression analysis shown in Figure 5

Parameter	x	y	Rooted			Unrooted
Parameter	x	y	m	p-val	r²	m	p-val	b	p-val	r²
All (HBR)	LT	HLC	0.36	<0.001	0.85	0.34	<0.001	1.60	0.160	0.81
	LT	KDC&ET	0.31	<0.001	0.75	0.29	<0.001	1.40	0.320	0.69
	HLC	KDC&ET	0.79	<0.001	0.73	0.76	<0.001	0.79	0.597	0.66
	HLC	ET	0.43	<0.001	0.82	0.42	<0.001	0.32	0.616	0.77
	HLC	KDC	0.36	<0.001	0.56	0.34	<0.001	0.48	0.634	0.47
Tororo (Pf EIR)	LT	HLC	0.34	<0.001	0.76	0.22	0.025	0.19	0.093	0.41
	LT	KDC&ET	0.46	<0.001	0.87	0.43	0.001	0.06	0.618	0.70
	HLC	KDC&ET	1.10	<0.001	0.80	1.10	0.009	0.04	0.811	0.52
	HLC	ET	0.55	<0.001	0.77	0.57	0.009	-0.02	0.862	0.52
	HLC	KDC	0.68	<0.001	0.74	0.53	0.039	0.08	0.461	0.36

The results give the slopes (m), intecepts (b), p-values and r² values for the rooted and unrooted linear analysis. The r² values suggest very good correlations among all metrics, though the slopes are generally not close to one, suggesting all methods are biased relative to one another.

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