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. 2019 Aug 13;2:36. Originally published 2018 Aug 1. [Version 3] doi: 10.12688/gatesopenres.12844.2

Table 3. Cost per person and cost per km 2 for each of the four release stages in Townsville.

Stage Release
area
km 2 		Months
required to
deploy		 Average
FTE 1 		Cost per
person
AUD$		 Cost per
km 2
AUD$
Stage 1 20.3 14 10 29 69,762
Stage 2 18.2 6 12 16 37,268
Stage 3 17.6 4 11 19 23,231
Stage 4 9.7 5 8 13 37,313

1Average number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff used to undertake deployment. It excludes staff required to produce mosquitoes for release or undertake diagnostics.