index patient 源頭病人

index patient
繁：源頭病人
简：源头病人

一名在廣州醫治沙士的教授與妻來港，在某酒店住了一晚，令十位人士受感染，為沙士源頭病人。

沙士十年　疫境重生　笑容再現（2013年2月23日）。新報，取自 http://sanpoyan.journalism.hkbu.edu.hk/沙士十年　疫境重生　笑容再現/

The intrepid disease control expert had led his team into the Metropole Hotel in Kowloon to track down the index patient who carried the deadly virus that sparked a global health crisis and killed 299 people in Hong Kong.

Dr Thomas Tsang, Hong Kong’s flu-fighting official, takes a well-earned break. (2012, November 5). South China Morning Post. Retrieved from http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1075075/dr-thomas-tsang-hong-kongs-flu-fighting-official-takes-well-earned