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Table 3 Optimal (and minimum) intervention characteristics required to achieve target results

From: Modelling the impact of larviciding on the population dynamics and biting rates of Simulium damnosum (s.l.): implications for vector control as a complementary strategy for onchocerciasis elimination in Africa

Intervention characteristics

Optimal

Minimum to reduce DBR by 95%

Minimum to delay repopulation or bounce back (to baseline levels) to 200 days after last treatment

Savannah

Forest

Savannah

Forest

Savannah

Forest

Larvicidal efficacy (number and frequency of applications)

100%

100%

92% (10 weekly treatments)

92% (10 weekly treatments)

96% (10 weekly treatments)

90% (10 weekly treatments)

Number of treatments (larvicidal efficacy, frequency)

10 (highest considered)

10 (highest considered)

8 (93% efficacy, weekly treatments)

9 (93% efficacy, weekly treatments)

16 (93% efficacy, weekly treatments)

8 (93% efficacy, weekly treatments)

Treatment frequency (larvicidal efficacy, number of applications)

7 days (shortest considered)

7 days (shortest considered)

7 days (93% efficacy, 10 treatments)

7 days (93% efficacy, 10 treatments)

4 days (93% efficacy, 10 treatments)

9 days (93% efficacy, 10 treatments)