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Table 4 Comparison of the estimated working costs, applying ECDC cost rates and formulas, and the actual working costs of the ExoSurv project (costs in euro)

From: Implementation of surveillance of invasive mosquitoes in Belgium according to the ECDC guidelines

 

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

Scenario 1 + 2

Difference ExoSurv - ECDC (Scenario 1 + 2)

 

ECDC1,2

ExoSurv1

ECDC1,2

ExoSurv1

ECDC1,2

ExoSurv1

 

Field investigations

4,297

4,294

1,848

3,777

6,145

8,071*

1,926

Laboratory investigations

59

288

163

146

222

434**

212

Data processing

9

0

51

69

60

69***

9

Communication/dissemination

11

177

33

177

44

354†

310

Total surveillance cost

4,376

4,759

2,095

4,169

6,471

8,928

2,457

  1. 1excluding investment (traps), training and salary costs, including travel and consumable costs for four months of actual surveillance.
  2. 2Following scenario 1 & 2, without adjustment for trap density, for four months of surveillance and excluding leaflet costs.
  3. *Including costs of car rent, gasoline, mobile phone card, polystyrene and propane tanks, CO2 cartridges, chains and locks for Mosquito Magnet Liberty Plus traps.
  4. **Including costs of ethanol, plastic bags and boxes, silica gel, tubes and filters, excluding costs for molecular/MALDI-TOF identification.
  5. ***Including costs of meteorological data from the Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI).
  6. †Including costs of printing and sending report and of train tickets for meetings. No flyer was edited and printed, only the report for the policy makers was provided.