Table 1 Summary of factor levels in simulation experiment

Initial EIR

Infectious bites per person per annum

3, 4, 5, 6, 8

Effective coverage of case management (E₁₄)

Proportion of clinical malaria cases receiving effective treatment within a 14 day period

16%, 84%

Importation rate

Imported infections per 1000 population per year

0, 1.6

Maximum number of index cases (\(\upiota_{\text{max} }\))

Maximum number of index cases investigated per week

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Targeting ratio (\(\uptau\))

Ratio of the size of a random sample that would be need to be tested and treated, to the number actually treated, in order to achieve the same number of effective treatments

1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5

Neighbours tested \(\left( \upnu \right)\) per index case

number of neighbours of passively-detected index cases investigated

5, 10, 15