"index case" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: index cases [plural]
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  1. (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). Wikipedia link: index case Categories (topical): Epidemiology Related terms: proband (english: in genetic investigations) Translations (first documented patient in a disease epidemic): cas índex [masculine] (Catalan), pacient zero [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), indeksitapaus (Finnish), patient zéro [masculine] (French), Indexpatient [masculine] (German), caso indice [masculine] (Italian), paziente zero (Italian), przypadek wskazujący [masculine] (Polish), caso índice [masculine] (Portuguese), paciente zero [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), нулевой пациент (nulevoj pacijent) [masculine] (Russian), caso índice [masculine] (Spanish), paciente cero [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)

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