This term describes the number of infections based on an infected person cumulated in the formula:
b = amount of infectious mosquito bites; c = amount of mosquitoes which become infected at infected humans; r = rate of daily reduction of human infectivity; V = vector capacity.
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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Basic Reproduction Rate. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_4717-1
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