index case

index case
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el caso índice
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
Index cases of the coronavirus will provide epidemiologists with invaluable data for the production of a vaccine.Los casos índice del coronavirus proporcionarán valiosos datos a los epidemiólogos para la producción de una vacuna.
b. el caso inicial
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
It's been reported that the coronavirus index case in Italy might be an executive from Lombardy who traveled back from China in January, 2020.Se ha informado de que el caso inicial de coronavirus en Italia podría ser un ejecutivo de Lombardía que viajó desde China en enero de 2020.
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