Table 6 Results of tertiary indicators of the risk assessment of MT-ZVL

1

Environmental factors

1.1

Climatic features

1.1.1

Monthly/seasonally/annually average temperature

26

1.1.2

Monthly/seasonally/annually average precipitation

29

1.1.3

Relative humidity

30

1.2

Geographical features

1.2.1

Altitude, latitude, and longitude

26

1.2.2

Soil type (sand/silt/clay)

34

1.2.3

Topography (plains, mountains, hills, etc.)

27

2

Biological factors

2.1

Sand flies

2.1.1

Population density

14

2.1.2

Natural infection rate

26

2.2

Dogs

2.2.1

Age structure

30

2.2.2

Population density including tethering

22

2.2.3

Stray dogs and the infected dogs around the house

21

2.3

Livestock

2.3.1

Density of livestock raised

29

2.3.2

Whether livestock are free-range

34

3

Social factors

3.1

Demographic characteristics

3.1.1

Population density

34

3.1.2

Age, gender, education level, etc.

30

3.2

Housing environment

3.2.1

Building materials (dirt/brick/tile/concrete)

25

3.2.2

Vacant space near the house

34

3.3

Lifestyle

3.3.1

Use of bed nets and other protective measures

19

3.3.2

Whether to sleep outdoors

30

4

Interventions

4.1

Reservoirs

4.1.1

Strengthen the screening and management of dogs

20

4.1.2

Dogs are regularly sprayed with insecticides or wear insecticide-impregnated collars

23

4.2

Vector

4.2.1

Regular spraying of insecticides

22

4.2.2

Regularly monitor the density of sandflies

19

4.3

Susceptible population

4.3.1

Screening and treatment of villagers with VL

28

4.3.2

Awareness rate of VL

15