index case in English
noun
1
the first identified case in a group of related cases of a particular communicable or heritable disease.
All participating subjects gave written, informed consent and were interviewed about exposure to the index case and BCG vaccination status.
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1. Whitehead then joined with Snow in tracking the contamination to a faulty cesspool and the outbreak's index case.
2. 27 This index case has also been linked to three of four SARS cases concentrated in the same block of a 247 - unit condominium in Toronto.