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index case

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index case
n.
The earliest documented case of a disease included in an epidemiologic study.
index case
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(Medicine) Med the first case of a disease, or the primary case referred to in a report
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Noun1.index case - the earliest documented case of a disease that is included in an epidemiological study
epidemiology - the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease
patient - a person who requires medical care; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"


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The other 8 clusters each began with an index case, which was almost always fatal, followed 19-40 days later by the illness of at least 1 person who had close and prolonged contact with the index case-patient.
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existence or absence of an underlying illness) of the index case did not indicate the degree of transmission risk.
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The case was reported on the basis of contact with an index case that was subsequently excluded as a case of SARS provided other possible epidemiologic criteria are not present
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