Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The index case, primary case, or patient zero is the initial patient in the population of an epidemiological investigation,or more generally, the first case of a condition or syndrome (not necessarily contagious) to be described in the medical literature, whether or not the patient is thought to be the first person affected.An index case will sometimes achieve the status of a "classic" case in the literature, as did Phineas Gage.The index case may indicate the source of the disease, the possible spread, and which reservoir holds the disease in between outbreaks. The index case is the first patient that indicates the existence of an outbreak. Earlier cases may be found and are labeled primary, secondary, tertiary, etc. "Patient Zero" was used to refer to the index case in the spread of HIV in North America.In genetics, the index case is the case of the original patient (propositus or proband) that stimulates investigation of other members of the family to discover a possible genetic factor."@en }
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- Index_case abstract "The index case, primary case, or patient zero is the initial patient in the population of an epidemiological investigation,or more generally, the first case of a condition or syndrome (not necessarily contagious) to be described in the medical literature, whether or not the patient is thought to be the first person affected.An index case will sometimes achieve the status of a "classic" case in the literature, as did Phineas Gage.The index case may indicate the source of the disease, the possible spread, and which reservoir holds the disease in between outbreaks. The index case is the first patient that indicates the existence of an outbreak. Earlier cases may be found and are labeled primary, secondary, tertiary, etc. "Patient Zero" was used to refer to the index case in the spread of HIV in North America.In genetics, the index case is the case of the original patient (propositus or proband) that stimulates investigation of other members of the family to discover a possible genetic factor.".