the first case of a disease, or the primary case referred to in a report
Examples of 'index case' in a sentence
index case
No index case was isolated.
Stephen Conaty, Patrick Maywood, Rowena Boyd, Kirsty Hope 2012, 'Measles transmission in health care waiting rooms: implications for public healthresponse', Western Pacific Surveillance and Responsehttp://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/172/199. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There was a single index case.
Nusrat Homaira, Mahmudur Rahman, M Jahangir Hossain, Nazmun Nahar, Rasheda Khan, MostafizurRahman, Goutam Podder, Kamrun Nahar, Dawlat Khan, Emily S Gurley, Pierre E Rollin,James A Comer, Thomas G Ksiazek, Stephen P Luby 2010, 'Cluster of Nipah virus infection, Kushtia District, Bangladesh, 2007.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2958840?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Except for the index case-patient, all patients recovered.
Eric Bertherat, Souad Bekhoucha, Saada Chougrani, Fathia Razik, Jean B. Duchemin,Leila Houti, Larbi Deharib, Corinne Fayolle, Banaouda Makrerougrass, Radia Dali-Yahia,Ramdan Bellal, Leila Belhabri, Amina Chaieb, Evgueni Tikhomirov, Elisabeth Carniel 2007, 'Plague Reappearance in Algeria after 50 Years, 2003', Emerging Infectious Diseaseshttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/10/07-0284_article. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The index case/cases were first-degree relatives in 75%.
Ozden Turel, Selcen Kazanci, Ismail Gonen, Cigdem Aydogmus, Emel Karaoglan, RenginSiraneci 2016, 'Paediatric Tuberculosis at a Referral Hospital in Istanbul: Analysis of 250 Cases',BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6896279. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Information was collected about the index case and household contacts.
Debalina De, Aarti Kinikar, P. S. Adhav, Sunanda Kamble, Prasanna Sahoo, Hari Koli,Savita Kanade, Vidya Mave, Nishi Suryavanshi, Nikhil Gupte, Amita Gupta, Jyoti Mathad 2014, 'Source Case Investigation for Children with TB Disease in Pune, India', Tuberculosis Research and Treatmenthttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/182836. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The index case developed symptoms while returning home.
Mizue Kanai, Hajime Kamiya, Alison Smith-Palmer, Hideyuki Takahashi, Yushi Hachisu,Munehisa Fukusumi, Takehito Saitoh, Makoto Ohnishi, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Tamano Matsui,Kazunori Oishi 2017, 'Meningococcal disease outbreak related to the World Scout Jamboree in Japan, 2015',Western Pacific Surveillance and Responsehttp://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/491/758. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There was positive history of travel in the index case.
Sourav Goswami, Anupriya Jha, Sarinkumar Puthenveettil Sivan, Dharampal Dambhare,Subodh Saran Gupta 2019, 'Outbreak investigation of cholera outbreak in a slum area of urban Wardha, India:An interventional epidemiological study', Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Carehttp://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2019;volume=8;issue=3;spage=1112;epage=1116;aulast=Goswami. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The index case was a hospitalized respirator-dependent patient.
Wei-Lun Huang, Ruwen Jou, Pen-Fang Yeh, Angela Huang 2007, 'Laboratory Investigation of a Nosocomial Transmission of Tuberculosis at a DistrictGeneral Hospital', Journal of the Formosan Medical Associationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664607600023. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moreover, the index case presented with many episodes of pulmonary infections concomitant with severe neutropenia.
Zineb Jouhadi, Marie Francoise Odou, Farid Zerimech, Ahmed Aziz Bousfiha, Nabiha Mikou,Nicole Porchet, Michel Crepin, Jilali Najib, Malika Balduyck 2018, 'Alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency due to an homozygous PI* Null Q0Cairo mutation: Earlyonset of pulmonary manifestations and variability of clinical expression', Respiratory Medicine Case Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007118300832. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Through total population surveillance, we identified 83 index case-patients and their household contacts.
Sharon M. Parry, Roland L. Salmon 1998, 'Sporadic STEC O157 Infection: Secondary Household Transmission in Wales', Emerging Infectious Diseaseshttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/4/4/98-0419_article. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)