index case

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index case

Noun

index case (plural index cases)

(epidemiology) The first documented case in a disease epidemic within a population or the first case of interest in an epidemiological investigation: the case of patient zero (the index patient).
Hypernym: case

Coordinate terms: index patient, patient zero, patient 0 (loosely synonymous)

Translations

first documented patient in a disease epidemic

Catalan: cas índex m, pacient zero m or f
Finnish: indeksitapaus
French: patient zéro (fr) m
German: Indexpatient (de) m
Italian: caso indice m, paziente zero
Polish: przypadek wskazujący m
Portuguese: caso índice m, paciente zero m or f
Russian: нулевой пациент (ru) m (nulevoj pacijent)
Spanish: caso índice m, paciente cero m or f

See also

proband (in genetic investigations)

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