Data analysis
Human landing catch captures were done monthly and then the data were pooled every two months for analysis. The human biting rate (HBR, the number of Anopheles vectors collected per person per night), the sporozoite rate (SR, the number of vectors positive for sporozoites over the number of vectors tested) and the entomological inoculation rate (EIR, is the number of infective bites per person per night). EIR was calculated by multiplying the HBR by the SR as described by Sternberg et alA separate rate was determinedfor HBR, SR and EIR for each species.Statistical analysis for the comparison of HBR, SRs and EIR between species, seasons (rainy/dry), year and collection positions (indoor/outdoor) were performed using R software version 4.1.2, and figures with GraphPad Prism 7 software.To assess the difference in HBR and EIR, a generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) fitting a negative binomial distribution was applied using the 