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▸ noun: (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).
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▸ noun: (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).
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patient zero,
propositus,
proposita,
prevalence,
incubation period,
primoinfection,
onset,
primary,
firstcomer,
incubation,
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