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. 2022 Dec 8;11:122. doi: 10.1186/s40249-022-01045-0

Table 6.

Results of tertiary indicators of the risk assessment of MT-ZVL

Indicator code Tertiary indicators Weighted importance score Coefficient of variation (%) Delphi weight
Wd
Entropy weight
Wj
Comprehensive weights
Wc
1 Environmental factors
1.1 Climatic features
1.1.1 Monthly/seasonally/annually average temperature 3.622 ± 0.935 26 0.043 0.031 0.034
1.1.2 Monthly/seasonally/annually average precipitation 3.425 ± 0.978 29 0.040 0.033 0.035
1.1.3 Relative humidity 3.324 ± 0.994 30 0.039 0.042 0.042
1.2 Geographical features
1.2.1 Altitude, latitude, and longitude 3.855 ± 1.019 26 0.043 0.050 0.054
1.2.2 Soil type (sand/silt/clay) 3.115 ± 1.069 34 0.035 0.032 0.028
1.2.3 Topography (plains, mountains, hills, etc.) 3.775 ± 1.019 27 0.042 0.054 0.057
2 Biological factors
2.1 Sand flies
2.1.1 Population density 4.322 ± 0.615 14 0.052 0.057 0.076
2.1.2 Natural infection rate 3.707 ± 0.949 26 0.045 0.021 0.023
2.2 Dogs
2.2.1 Age structure 3.527 ± 1.043 30 0.030 0.067 0.051
2.2.2 Population density including tethering 3.923 ± 0.858 22 0.033 0.067 0.056
2.2.3 Stray dogs and the infected dogs around the house 3.925 ± 0.840 21 0.033 0.021 0.017
2.3 Livestock
2.3.1 Density of livestock raised 3.340 ± 0.968 29 0.038 0.040 0.038
2.3.2 Whether livestock are free-range 3.197 ± 1.086 34 0.037 0.041 0.039
3 Social factors
3.1 Demographic characteristics
3.1.1 Population density 3.140 ± 1.676 34 0.034 0.050 0.043
3.1.2 Age, gender, education level, etc. 3.494 ± 1.047 30 0.038 0.034 0.032
3.2 Housing environment
3.2.1 Building materials (dirt/brick/tile/concrete) 3.627 ± 0.893 25 0.041 0.040 0.040
3.2.2 Vacant space near the house 3.265 ± 1.110 34 0.037 0.032 0.030
3.3 Lifestyle
3.3.1 Use of bed nets and other protective measures 3.909 ± 0.750 19 0.041 0.055 0.056
3.3.2 Whether to sleep outdoors 3.607 ± 1.069 30 0.038 0.031 0.030
4 Interventions
4.1 Reservoirs
4.1.1 Strengthen the screening and management of dogs 3.970 ± 0.811 20 0.047 0.030 0.035
4.1.2 Dogs are regularly sprayed with insecticides or wear insecticide-impregnated collars 3.676 ± 0.834 23 0.043 0.041 0.044
4.2 Vector
4.2.1 Regular spraying of insecticides 3.853 ± 0.865 22 0.043 0.035 0.038
4.2.2 Regularly monitor the density of sandflies 4.194 ± 0.794 19 0.047 0.040 0.046
4.3 Susceptible population
4.3.1 Screening and treatment of villagers with VL 3.945 ± 1.110 28 0.039 0.025 0.025
4.3.2 Awareness rate of VL 4.273 ± 0.643 15 0.042 0.028 0.031