title: [Basic reproduction rate and its application in schistosomiasis].
abstract: A key parameter in the transmission dynamics of schistosomiasis, namely basic reproduction rate (R0) is introduced in this paper, as well as its epidemiological significance, formulas in mathematical models of schistosomiasis transmission dynamics, and its application in the evaluation of schistosomiasis control measures. It suggests that the studies on transmission thresholds such as R0 are of important theoretical guiding significance to the establishment of a schistosomiasis elimination standard in China.
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi 214064, China.
authors.forename: Guo-Jing
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D006801:Humans; D012098:Reproduction; D012547:Schistosoma / Q000502:physiology*; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013223:Statistics as Topic