Patient Zero

Patient Zero,

an individual identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the person who introduced the human immunodeficiency virus in the United States. According to CDC records, Patient Zero, an airline steward, infected nearly 50 other persons before he died of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in 1984.

Patient Zero

(1) A controversial figure in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, Gaëtan Dugas was a French-Canadian airline steward, whose sexual activity linked him to 40 of the first 248 men diagnosed of what was then known as gay-related immune deficiency—GRID. Dugas died of terminal renal failure, and had 4 episodes of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia before he died. He was so named based on a transmission scenario compiled by Dr. Wm. Darrow et al of the CDC. Darrow subsequently repudiated his conclusion, but the name stuck
(2) Based on the original ‘Patient Zero’, the generic term, ’patient zero', has expanded into general usage for any first case or onset of a catastrophic trend

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AIDS	And the little boy dubbed swine flu patient zero is not overkeen on his new celebrity status either. A statue to Boy Zero, the 5-yr-old who started it all; THE SWINE FLU ... by The Mirror (London, England) lt;p>Tracking down patient zero has been done, however. A search is launched for Conficker's first victim by Network World Middle East Her status as an immigrant contributed to society's blaming and stigmatizing immigrants because of their association with communicable disease (especially venereal disease), a stigma reanimated in the 1980s with the emergence of HIV and its most infamous carrier, Patient Zero. Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative by Thacker, Stephen B. / Emerging Infectious Diseases	Patient compliance patient confidentiality patient contracting patient cooperation patient day patient dumping patient educatlon patient empowerment patient history patient informatics patient interview patient load patient medical record patient mix patient plan of care patient population patient record patient release criteria patient representative patient representative services Patient Right to Know Act patient rights protection Patient Self-Determination Act patient tracking patient viewpoint standard Patient Zero Patient's Bill of Rights patient-controlled analgesia patient-controlled analgesia assistance patient-initiated lab testing patient-oriented evidence that matters patient-physician relationship Patrick Swayze Tumour Patrick test Patrick's test patrilineal patroclinous patten Patterdale terrier pattern pattern and organization pattern of disharmony pattern sensitive epilepsy patterned alopecia patterning patterns Patterson milkvetch patulin patulous pau d'arco pauci-	patient satisfaction patient satisfaction patient satisfaction patient satisfaction Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire Patient Satisfaction with Health Care Provider Scale Patient Self-Assessment of Erection Patient Self-Determination Act Patient Self-Determination Act Patient Self-Management Patient Services Incorporated Patient Specific Functional Scale Patient Specific Therapeutic Interchange Patient Support Group Patient Support Services Building patient tracking patient transfer patient transfer patient transfer patient transfer Patient Transport Service Patient Treatment Clinical Exercise Patient Understands Instructions Patient Ventilation Oxygen Concentrator System patient viewpoint standard Patient Visit Average Patient Visits Patient Weight Patient with Open Angle Glaucoma Patient Year Patient Zero Patient's Action Network Patient's Bill of Rights Patient's Dental Dictionary Patient's Medication Records Patient's Own Frame patient's r patient's r patient's r patient's r patient's r Patient, Carer and Public Involvement patient, legal aspects of record patient, legal aspects of record patient, legal aspects of record patient, legal aspects of record patient, legal aspects of record Patient- and Family-Centered Care Patient- care Patient- care Patient- care Patient- care Patient- controlled analgesia Patient-Caregiver Functional Unit Scale Patient-Centered Access to Secure Systems Online Patient-Centered Data Input Patient-Centered Medical Home Patient-Centered Medical Record Patient-Centered Primary Care Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Patient-controlled analgesia

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And the little boy dubbed swine flu patient zero is not overkeen on his new celebrity status either.

A statue to Boy Zero, the 5-yr-old who started it all; THE SWINE FLU ... by The Mirror (London, England)

lt;p>Tracking down patient zero has been done, however.

A search is launched for Conficker's first victim by Network World Middle East

Her status as an immigrant contributed to society's blaming and stigmatizing immigrants because of their association with communicable disease (especially venereal disease), a stigma reanimated in the 1980s with the emergence of HIV and its most infamous carrier, Patient Zero.

Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative by Thacker, Stephen B. / Emerging Infectious Diseases

Patient compliance

patient confidentiality