index case

English

Noun

index case (plural index cases)

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).

   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)