Optimal surveillance

USE CASE: Surveillance targeting hosts infested with a pest/disease (e.g. citrus canker). NOT SUITABLE FOR: Surveillance targeting pests independent of their hosts (e.g. fruit flies)

Optim. Effort: samples

Sampling Cost ($):

Confidence:

Time required: days

Net Exp. Cost ($):

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Surveillance Costs

Cost of trapping infrastructure ($/sample):

Cost of visual inspection ($/sample):

Cost of diagnostic lab test ($/sample):

% of samples requiring diagnostic testing (%):

Surveillance Design

Maximum Tolerable Infested Population (count):

Total Population At-Risk (count):

Sensitivity of surveillance (prop):

Maximum samples (n):

Market Impact

Minimum time out of market (days):

Maximum sampling rate (samples/day)):

Price change due to pest ($/unit):

Market volume affected (unit/day):

Eradication Costs

Time required to re-eradicate the MTIP (years):

Cost of re-eradicating the MTIP ($):

How much surveillance is optimal?