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What is an "index patient?"

a patient that has tested positive for Co vid-19

a patient that has tested negative for Co vid 19

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>Index Patient = The first identified case in a group of related cases of a particular communicable or heritable disease

>Patient that tested positive

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i think its a patient that tested positive

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