Dictionary

index case en · NOUN

Meanings

1. 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).

Forms

Coordinates

patient 0[Appendix:Glossary · index patient · patient zero

Hypernyms

case

Relateds

proband

Translations (13)

fr patient zéro (first documented patient in a disease epidemic) · pt caso índice (first documented patient in a disease epidemic) · es caso índice (first documented patient in a disease epidemic) · ca pacient zero (first documented patient in a disease epidemic) · pt paciente zero (first documented patient in a disease epidemic) · it paziente zero (first documented patient in a disease epidemic) · ca cas índex (first documented patient in a disease epidemic) · it caso indice (first documented patient in a disease epidemic) · pl przypadek wskazujący (first documented patient in a disease epidemic) · ru нулевой пациент (first documented patient in a disease epidemic) · es paciente cero (first documented patient in a disease epidemic) · fi indeksitapaus (first documented patient in a disease epidemic) · de Indexpatient (first documented patient in a disease epidemic)