index case

English

Noun

index case (plural index cases)

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

Synonyms

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
Russian: нулевой пациент (ru) m (nulevoj pacijent)
Spanish: caso índice m, paciente cero m or f

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.