Table 5.
Schedule of entomological assessments during establishment and consolidation phase (Jan–Dec 2021)
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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Low season | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
High season | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||
Procedure | ||||||||||||
Wolbachia-infected nosquito release | xa | xa | xa | xa | xa | xa | xa | xa | xa | xa | xa | xa |
Adult population monitoring | w | w | w | w | w | w | w | w | w | w | w | |
PCR testing | bw | bw | bw | bw | bw | bw | bw | bw | bw | bw | bw |
m monthly, w weekly, bw biweekly (every 2 weeks)
aInitial release in all clusters to occur over a minimum of 16-week period