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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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In addition, both influenza types A and B were circulating during the study, with nearly half of infected index cases having laboratory evidence of infection with influenza B.
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The results were similar if all index cases with <5 bands were excluded.
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If one assumes vaccine efficacy of 95%, an attack rate in susceptible contacts of 5%, and 4 contacts per patient, 1 secondary case is prevented for every 18 cases detected; if attack rates are 30%, then 1 secondary case is prevented for <5 index cases detected.
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