Volume 19, Number 4—April 2013
Research
Cost-effectiveness of Novel System of Mosquito Surveillance and Control, Brazil
Kim M. Pepin, Cecilia Marques-Toledo, Luciano Scherer, Maira M. Morais, Brett Ellis, and Alvaro E. Eiras
Table
Total costs of MID in 21 cities, Brazil, 2007–2011*
| Product or service | Cost in US dollars (%) |
|---|---|
| Royalties to UFMG and FAPEMIG | |
| MID† | 29,918.96 (2.0) |
| MI-Virus† | 38,894.65 (2.6) |
| Consumables (licensing) | |
| MosquiTRAP† | 77,533.50 (5.2) |
| Sticky card | 112,776.00 (7.5) |
| AtrAedes† | 131,572.00 (8.8) |
| Web software | 21,000.00 (1.4) |
| Mobile software | 96,041.00 (6.4) |
| Services | |
| MI-Vírus kit and analyses | 58,485.00 (3.9) |
| MID | 61,303.96 (4.1) |
| Shipping and freight | |
| MI-Virus and traps | 11,056.45 (0.7) |
| Stationary and materials | 668.40 (0.0) |
| Technical and supervision (employees and taxes) | |
| Technical support at Ecovec SA, 12 h/d | 115,499.00 (7.7) |
| Technical support at cities visited | 80,208.00 (5.4) |
| Full-time biologist | 372,520.54 (24.9) |
| Technical visits on site | 19,200.00 (1.3) |
| Taxes | 269,270.66 (18.0) |
| Total | 1,495,948.13 (100.0) |
*MID, Monitoramento Inteligente da Dengue (Intelligent Dengue Monitoring System); UFMG, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; FAPEMIG, Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais; MI-Virus, Intelligent Virus Monitoring System; MosquiTRAP, fixed-position trap designed to capture gravid mosquitoes; AtrAedes, synthetic ovipostion attractant.
†Manufactured by Ecovec SA (Belo Horizonte, Brazil).
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