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Table 2 Criteria and scores adopted for the choice of municipalities that were to included in the surveillance system

From: Strategies of a thirteen year surveillance programme on Aedes albopictus (Stegomyia albopicta) in southern Switzerland

positivity of ovitraps 1)

negative

0

close to municipality with ovitraps positive once a year

1

close to municipality with ovitraps positive several times a year

2

close to municipality with ovitraps regularly positive

3

municipality with ovitraps positive once a year

4

municipality with ovitraps positive several times a year

5

municipality with ovitraps regularly positive

6

stops on the highway

hard shoulders

1

gas stations

2

traffic of wares

  

commercial customs2)

≤ 0.1 millions/t/year of wares

3

0.1 < x ≤ 2 millions/t/year of wares

6

2 < x millions/t/year of wares

9

carriage free2)

x = number of points

3x

companies with customs control2)

1 company

2

2 < x ≤ 4

4

5 ≤ x

6

transport companies

x = number of companies

x

cargo vessels3)

x = number of SBB-Cargo (train cargo service)

x

Total value = commercial customs value + carriage free value + companies with customs control value + transport companies value + cargo vessels value

attraction points

  

sport centres4)

x ≤ 5

1

5 < x ≤ 10

2

10 < x ≤ 20

3

x > 20

4

shopping centres

x = number of shopping centers

2x

tourist attractions5)

x = number of tourist attractions

x

train stations6)

regional

1

international

2

airports7)

x = number of airports

x

Total value = sport centres value + shopping centres value + tourist attractions value + train stations value + airports value

cross-border workers 8)

x = number of workers/urban settlement area (km2)

x

population 8)

x = number of inhabitants/urban settlement area (km2)

x

entering cars 8)

  

customs crossing

≤ 1 million persons/year

1

1 < x ≤ 5 millions persons/year

2

5 < x ≤ 10 millions persons/year

3

10 < x ≤ 60 millions persons/year

4

traffic on highway exits

≤ 20'000 cars/day

1

20'000 < x ≤ 50'000 cars/day

2

> 50'000 cars/day

3

Total value = customs crossing value + traffic on highway exits value

overnight stays 8)

x = number of overnight stays/urban settlement area (km2)

x

  1. 1)survey's data (previous years).
  2. 2)AFD - Amministrazione federale delle dogane (Swiss custom administration).
  3. 3)SBB-CFF-FFS.
  4. 4)GIS - Geographical Information System.
  5. 5)Ticino turismo (Ticino tourism).
  6. 6)SBB-CFF-FFS.
  7. 7)Swiss Topo.
  8. 8)USTAT - Ufficio di statistica del Cantone Ticino (Statistic office Canton Ticino).