Occurrence and identification of risk areas of Ixodes ricinus-borne pathogens: a cost-effectiveness analysis in north-eastern Italy

Table 7 Estimated costs (€) of different tick sampling strategies and pathogen screening for a three year study

	*All ticks*		*Strategy A*		*Strategy B*		*Strategy C*
	n	€	n	€	n	€	n	€
DNA/RNA extraction (x2)	388	3706	190	2438	254	1824	134	1286
biomolecular analyses	1018	7010	510	3516	669	4608	359	1634
sequencing	101	1818	59	1062	81	1458	55	990
draggings (travel costs)	146	24000	146	24000	71	9000	71	9000
Staff
1 grant (sampling)	96	7234	96	7234	36	2713	36	2713
1 entomologist	32	4874	16	2399	21	3207	11	1692
1 technician	64	7932	32	3905	42	5220	22	2754
1 biotechnologist	112	26507	56	13277	75	17758	41	9697
Total (reduction of costs)		83081		57832 (30%)		45788 (45%)		29765 (64%)

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