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Table 6 Attributes of surveillance tools targeting immature stages and gravid female mosquitoes

From: Nextgen Vector Surveillance Tools: sensitive, specific, cost-effective and epidemiologically relevant

  1. aYellow indicates range of indicators varies by the site, red indicates tool is used for only one indicator in Table 5
  2. bRed denotes effective in monitoring only a few species or collects a limited number of species in low numbers
  3. cGreen squares indicate that expert informants considered this tool to be advantageous in not requiring a lot of human input for establishing or maintaining, was inexpensive, easy to use and required minimal supplies or were easily accessible for “labour”, “cost”, “ease of use” (limited training required) and “supplies”, respectively. Red squares indicate that the tool had major limitations: high costs, was labour intensive or hard to use. Yellow squares indicated either a range of informant opinions as to the scaler of logistical concerns for using the tool