effective reproductive ratio
effective reproductive ratio
Epidemiology The number of 2º cases or ♀ offspring produced in a host population not consisting entirely of susceptible individuals–microparasites or within which density dependent constraints limit parasite population growth–macroparasites. Cf Basic reproducion ratio. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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