SURV model | Emergence | Epidemic | ||
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Rank | Score | Rank | Score | |
SURV2a – Active surveillance of vectors I. scapularis (flagging or dragging) | 1 | 0.43 | 1 | 0.45 |
SURV2b – Active surveillance of vectors I. scapularis (trapping of small rodents) | 2 | 0.40 | 2 | 0.42 |
SURV1a – Passive surveillance of vectors I. scapularis originating from humans | 3 | 0.07 | 3 | 0.10 |
SURV6 – Sentinel surveillance of suspected Lyme cases in humans | 4 | 0.03 | 5 | −0.01 |
SURV1b – Passive surveillance of vectors I. scapularis originating from animals | 5 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.04 |
SURV5 – Passive surveillance of human Lyme disease cases | 6 | −0.08 | 9 | −0.14 |
SURV2c – Active surveillance of vectors I. scapularis (from hunted deer) | 7 | −0.13 | 7 | −0.17 |
SURV3a – Passive surveillance of seropositivity to B. burgdorferi in domestic animals, funding of tests supported by animal owners | 8 | −0.14 | 6 | −0.12 |
SURV3c – Passive surveillance of seropositivity to B. burgdorferi in domestic animals, funding of tests supported by the public sector | 8 | −0.14 | 6 | −0.12 |
SURV3b – Passive surveillance of seropositivity to B .burgdorferi in domestic animals, funding of tests supported by the private sector (industry) | 9 | −0.17 | 9 | −0.14 |
SURV4 – Active surveillance of domestic animal cases of Lyme disease | 10 | −0.27 | 8 | −0.34 |
CONT model | Rank | Score | Rank | Score |
CONT0 – Status quo (basic preventive communication strategy) | 1 | 0.43 | 1 | 0.39 |
CONT11 – Human vaccination1 | 2 | 0.31 | 2 | 0.31 |
CONT3a – Small scale landscaping (removal of tick habitats) | 3 | 0.28 | 3 | 0.3 |
CONT10 – Excluding people from high-risk public areas | 5 | 0.25 | 4 | 0.29 |
CONT12 – Making available special Lyme disease diagnostic/treatment clinic(s) | 6 | 0.23 | 5 | 0.2 |
CONT4 – ‘4-poster’ device[47] | 8 | 0.03 | 6 | 0.06 |
CONT7 – Exclusion of deer by fencing | 9 | −0.04 | 9 | −0.02 |
CONT1a – Small scale acaricide application to kill free-living ticks | 9 | −0.04 | 7 | 0.01 |
CONT3b – Large scale Landscaping (removal of tick habitats) | 10 | −0.07 | 10 | −0.03 |
CONT1b – Large scale acaricide application to kill free-living ticks | 11 | −0.08 | 8 | −0.01 |
CONT2 – Application of desiccants/insecticidal soap | 12 | −0.14 | 11 | −0.15 |
CONT5 – Feed-administered ivermectin to deer at bait stations to control ticks | 13 | −0.15 | 12 | −0.17 |
CONT8 – ‘Damminix’ device[48] | 14 | −0.22 | 13 | −0.25 |
CONT9 – Bait boxes to deliver a passive application of fipronil to rodents[49] | 14 | −0.22 | 13 | −0.25 |
CONT6a – Deer hunting | 15 | −0.25 | 14 | −0.29 |
CONT6b – Deer culling | 16 | −0.33 | 15 | −0.31 |