Table 2. Methodological quality assessment of studies included in the systematic review on the impact of mosquito sampling strategies on molecular xenomonitoring prevalence for filariasis.

	Study	Sampling site selection risks	Sampling site selection applicability	Sampling methods risk	Sampling methods applicability	Flow and timing risks
Comparison 1: collection methods
	Bockarie et al., 200024	Low	Low	Unclear	Low	Low
	Coulibaly et al., 202225	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
	Hoti et al., 200226	Unclear	Low	High	Low	Unclear
	Irish et al., 201527	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
	Njenga et al., 202228	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
	Opoku et al., 201829	Unclear	Low	Low	Low	Low
	Owusu et al., 201530	Low	Low	Unclear	Low	Unclear
	Pam et al., 201731	Low	Low	Unclear	Low	Unclear
	Pryce et al., 202232	Low	Unclear	Unclear	Low	Low
	Ramesh et al., 20183	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
Comparison 2: sampling intensity
	Rao et al., 201633	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
Comparison 3: mosquito genera
	de Souza et al., 201434	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
	Dyab et al., 201635	Unclear	Low	Low	Low	Low
	Entonu et al., 202036	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
	Fischer et al., 200237	Unclear	Low	Low	Low	Low
	Kouassi et al., 201538	Low	Low	Unclear	Low	Low
	Lupenza et al., 202139	Low	Low	High	Low	Low
	McPherson et al., 202240	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
	Mulyaningsih et al., 201941	Unclear	Low	Low	Low	Low
	Nirwan et al., 202242	Low	Low	Low	Unclear	Low
	Njenga et al., 202228	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
	Nurjana et al., 202043	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
	Pryce et al., 202232	Low	Unclear	Unclear	Low	Low
	Ridha et al., 202044	Unclear	Low	Low	Unclear	Low
	Schmaedick et al., 201445	Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
	Supriyono & Tan, 202046	Unclear	Low	Low	Low	Low
	Yokoly et al., 202047	Unclear	Low	Unclear	Low	Low

Note: Some articles are included in more than one comparison and hence appear twice in the table.