Comparing ownership and use of bed nets at two sites with differential malaria transmission in western Kenya

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Description of study sites and variability in reported malaria transmission and environmental influences

Sub-location, Province	Estimated population size^a	Estimated average yearly malaria incidence^b	Altitude range	Household bed net ownership^a (%)	Malaria transmission pattern	Description of environment
Highland site: Tindinyo, Chepsonoi, and Kiborgok sub-locations, Kapkangani, Nandi North, Rift Valley Province	12,300	35 per 1000	1600–2100 m	37	Seasonal after short and long rains	Primarily rural, bisected by major highway with some commercial shops along roadside; permanent and semi-permanent streams; tea, maize
Lowland site: Kabar East and Kabar West, Nyanza Province	4300	400 per 1000	1100–1200 m	52	Holo-endemic – year round high levels of transmission with seasonal peak following the rains	Rural; agriculture (maize, rice, sugarcane); less animal husbandry than Kapkangani

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