patient zero
noun[S]
uk/ˌpeɪ.ʃənt ˈzɪə.rəʊ/us/ˌpeɪ.ʃənt ˈzɪr.oʊ/the firstpersonto beinfectedduring anepidemic(= theappearanceof aparticulardiseasein alargenumberofpeopleat the sametime):
零号病人; 零号病患Scientists werehuntingdownpatientzero who firstdevelopedSARS.科学家们正在寻找第一个感染非典型肺炎的零号病人。
The littleboywasdubbedswineflupatientzero.这个小男孩被称为猪流感零号病人。
- Theconceptof apatientzero whoallegedlywas acentraldisseminator of thediseaseemerged.
- Patient zero was an 11-year-oldboywho gotinfectedwithmumpsduring asummervisittoGreatBritain.
- A 1984studyhadfoundthatpatientzero was epidemiologicallylinkedto 40 of the first 248peopleidentifiedwithAIDSin theUnitedStates.
Disease & illness - general words
- acute
- aggressiveness
- autoimmune disease
- bilharzia
- bluetongue
- calculus
- CFS
- hypochondriac
- iatrogenic
- ill health
- impairment
- incurably
- outbreak
- pathology
- pathway
- uncomplicated
- variant
- worried well
- zoonosis
- zoonotic