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patient zero noun[ S ] uk /ˌpeɪ.ʃənt ˈzɪə.rəʊ/ us /ˌpeɪ.ʃənt ˈzɪr.oʊ/ the first person to be infected during an epidemic(= the appearance of a particular disease in a large number of people at the same time): 零号病人; 零号病患 Scientists were hunting down patient zero who first developed SARS.科学家们正在寻找第一个感染非典型肺炎的零号病人。 The little boy was dubbed swine flu patient zero.这个小男孩被称为猪流感零号病人。 The concept of a patient zero who allegedly was a central disseminator of the disease emerged. Patient zero was an 11-year-old boy who got infected with mumps during a summer visit to Great Britain. A 1984 study had found that patient zero was epidemiologically linked to 40 of the first 248 people identified with AIDS in the United States. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Disease & illness - general words advanced aggressiveness autoimmune disease bilharzia bilharziasis complication fulminating gestational hyperendemic hypochondriac iatrogenic industrial disease life-threatening second degree secretory seizure serial interval snail fever subvariant untreated |