Estimation of the Basic Reproductive Ratio for Dengue Fever at the Take-Off Period of Dengue Infection

Table 2

Bioepidemiological data of human and mosquito.

Symbol	Definition	Value
	Biting rate (day^−1)	1
	Effective contact rate to human	0.01
	Effective contact rate to mosquito	0.25
	Human mortality rate (day^−1)
	Mosquito mortality rate (day^−1)
	Recovering rate of human (day^−1)
	Mosquito per human index	0–7.96
	Proportion of mosquito per human index	0–2