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. 2022 Dec 5;15:453. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05522-1

Table 2.

Variable names and values used in the R code to derive an estimate of infrastructure and personnel costs

Coded variable Default variable value
Mosquito and site information
 MaunaLoa.Mos.Sites Malama Ki; Nanawale; Bryson's; Waiakea; Cooper; Crater; Pu'u
 MaunaLoa.Mos.Density.km 4546; 78,547; 14,597; 29,001; 27,615; 1637; 618
 MaunaLoa.Elev.m 25; 36; 314; 885; 1024; 1177; 1247
 Alakai.Area.ToCntrl.km 117 km2
 FemalePercent 50% (assumes an equal sex ratio)
 Overflooding_Multiplier 10 (10:1 overflooding ratios are commonly used for a control efficacy of 99%; Zheng et al. [11]; Kandul et al. [53])
Basic infrastructure costs
 Year1.Only.Items ACL2 modification; irradiator; mosquito sex sorters (6); larval rearing units (5); adult cages (100); ovitraps (300); BG traps (50); PCR machine
 Year1.Only.Costs $800,000; $250,000; $6900; $134,500; $11,040; $2400; $7500; $47,000
 Electricity $2000.00 × 12
 LaboratorySpace Median price of an 800 m2 modular facility (see Supp. Mat. Section 2 for price quotes)
 AllOtherYear.Items PCR buffers, reagents, primers, Taq, misc. equipment, misc. field supplies
 AllOtherYear.Costs $30,000
Position and personnel costs
 Personnel.Des Mass rearing; quality control
 Wage.Mass.Rearing $20.00
 Wage.Quality.Control $25.00
 HoursPerYear 260 * 8
 Fringe Research Corporation of the University of Hawaiʻi Fringe/Indirect is set at 61.56% for 2018