
	Where results make sense

Topic: Patient Zero

Related Topics

AIDS myths and urban legends

Duesberg hypothesis

AIDS myths

AIDS in the United States

Timeline of Aids

AIDS

HIV virus

AIDS conspiracy theories

HIV

HIV vaccine

AIDS in America

Ryan White

Joey DiPaolo

OPV AIDS hypothesis

Centers for Disease Control

In the News (Fri 25 Jul 08)

Gordon Brown

Derby County

Mike Huckabee

Lute Olson

Pearl Harbor

Sonia Gandhi

Ricky Hatton

Narendra Modi

Jesus Christ

Rudy Giuliani

	Index case - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The index case or patient zero is the initial patient in the population sample of an epidemiological investigation.
		Patient zero is a somewhat less specific term than index case and is sometimes used to refer to the central patient in an epidemiological investigation rather than the first patient.
		Dugas is referred to as "Patient Zero" not because he was the first to be diagnosed with the disease but rather because at least 40 of the 248 people diagnosed with AIDS by April 1982 had either had sex with him or with someone who had.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patient_Zero (757 words)

	purevolume™ \| Patient Zero
		Supernovas, ice ages, significantevolutionary mutation, and "Patient Zero" Rising up like a phoenix from the ashes of the bands "One Side Red" and "The Original Patient Zero", "Patient Zero" is a musical force to be reckoned with.
		Easily tiring, however of excelling merely at existing genres, the Zeros have taken their formidable skill and channeled it into the creation of a genre entirely their own, and that is unique to them.
		Yeah, that's the kind of glue that Mike is. One of the original members of'The Original Patient Zero", Mike had to leave that group when their emotional tour bus pitched off of a cliff and exploded, killing everyone aboard except for Mike and (unfortunately as he felt at the time) Ed.
	www.purevolume.com /patientzero/bio (682 words)

	Encyclopedia: Patient Zero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In general, the term Patient Zero refers to the central or initial patient in the population sample of an epidemiological investigation.
		Speculation and uninformed sensationalism have advanced the theory that "Patient Zero" of HIV, whoever the first human infected by HIV was, was infected through sexual contact with chimps.
		Zero Patience is a Canadian film directed by John Greyson and released in 1993.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Patient-Zero (1022 words)

	Patient Zero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Maryland Patient Safety Supports regional patient safety initiatives by encouraging collaborative efforts, disseminating current knowledge relating to patient safety, and developing a formal structure for activities.
		Patient Safety Center of Inquiry Supports clinicians in providing safe patient care by designing and testing clinical innovations, technological solutions, and patient safety improvement systems.
		Patient Infosystems, Inc. Provides patient-centered health care information systems which proactively collect and analyze information to improve patient compliance with prescribed treatments.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Patient_Zero.html (728 words)

	Patient Zero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Patient 1 â“ Grand mal seizures before were 2-3 per week and after zero.
		In particular, it refers to Gaëtan Dugas (1953–1984), a Canadian airline steward who was Patient Zero for an early epidemiological study on HIV by the Centers for Disease Control.
		He is referred to as 'Patient Zero' not because he was the first to be diagnosed with the disease but rather because at least 40 of the 248 people diagnosed with AIDS by April 1982 had either had sex with him or with someone who had.
	patient-zero.wikiverse.org (510 words)

	DVD REVIEW: ZERO EFFECT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bill Pullman is outstanding as Daryl Zero, the world's best private detective, and definitely one of the most eccentric.
		Zero only leaves when he's on a job, and even then, he remains undercover and incognito the whole time.
		Still, Zero is very endearing and likeable, so he has that going for him.
	www.lightviews.com /zeroeffect.htm (505 words)

	Sense and Antisense
		Without warning, Zero has a seizure in the back of the cab, foaming at the mouth and screaming about the "trucks" that are trying to kill him.
		Eventually, police locate Zero and Knox inside the offices of the Afro-Sentinel newspaper (where Zero was attempting to convince an editor to print his story by referencing racially driven medical tests in the past such as Tuskegee).
		Zero's paranoid rants concerning the sense and antisense that exists within each of us both reveals that the case may have something to do with the manipulation of human DNA and seems to reference the divided nature of every human being.
	www.fourthhorseman.com /Abyss/Episodes/epi203.htm (1145 words)

	NEWSARAMA - CHECKING THE STATUS OF IMAGE'S PATIENT ZERO
		Patient Zero is a group of sequential stories that all happen within a world that is tumbling into global war.
		JMF: Alex is the first patient not to suffer any of the degenerative side effects of the procedure, thus making him Patient Zero - the first, and hopefully not the last, of a new breed of Psychics.
		For those of you who have checked out the Patient Zero website, or to be more accurate, are attempting to, it looks like it's experiencing some trauma...
	www.newsarama.com /forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8784 (3618 words)

	Patient Zero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The hospital also implemented a âzero toleranceâ policy on patient abuse in June.
		to-treat analysis: three patients assigned to risperidone and one patient assigned to...
		That first person would be called "Patient Zero" -- the person who starts the spread of avian flu to the rest of the world.
	www.wikiverse.org /patient-zero (501 words)

	Aggressive strain of HIV-1 appears to be isolated case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The rapid progression to AIDS observed in a patient discovered earlier this year led the New York City Department of Health to issue a press release on February 11, 2005, warning of a possible new, highly virulent and multidrug resistant HIV strain.
		The apparent source patient, "Patient Zero," is a resident of Connecticut and his clinical course is typical of AIDS patients with his disease, behavior and medical compliance, said Dr. Gary Blick, medical and research director of Circle Medical LLC, Norwalk, Connecticut.
		The Patient Zero identified in Connecticut carries a virus that is a 99.5% pol gene match to that of the New York patient, Dr. Blick said.
	www.aidsmeds.com /news/20050725clin013.html (503 words)

	BUZZSCOPE :: The Dead "Patient Zero" Comic-Con 2005 Exclusive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Patient Zero was originally planned to have some strands of hair carefully glued onto the head but somewhere along the way it was taken out.
		Patient Zero comes dressed in your average zombie-type attire, which consists of a removable long-sleeve, blue button-up work shirt and dark brown khaki pants.
		Patient Zero is armed with 36 points of articulation.
	www.buzzscope.com /reviews.php?id=4685 (2185 words)

	Mystery AIDS strain 'patient zero' found
		Public-health officials in New York City issued a warning because the patient apparently had developed a virulent form of HIV -- the organism that causes AIDS -- that was resistant to virtually all drugs and caused a rapid destruction of the man's immune system.
		The original source of the infection is a patient in Connecticut who infected the New York man during anonymous rectal intercourse at a sex club in the city on Oct. 22, 2004.
		Gary Blick, a private-practice physician in Norwalk, Conn., reported that his patient, identified as CT01, is the so-called "Patient Zero" -- the source of the New York man's infection.
	www.sciencedaily.com /upi?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20050726-07311500-bc-brazil-aids-mysterypatient.xml (997 words)

	COMICON.com: 7/8 PAINTER ZERO WRITER'S ONLINE CLINICS
		McLean-Foreman is the creator and writer of PATIENT ZERO, and the lead writer for the videogame Black & White 2 for Lionhead Studios.
		PATIENT ZERO recently fared well in the British Comic Awards, placing in the top ten in three categories.
		Alex Grant, AKA Patient Zero, must battle against his encroaching insanity and the artificial intelligence that is viciously conquering the human race one mind at a time.
	www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=37&t=002937 (447 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Patient Zero (aka The Index Patient) is not necessarily or even usually the first person to be diagnosed.
		Often Patient Zero is dead before health authorities get to the scene.
		Instead, Patient Zero is the person from whom all subsequent infections are received, directly or more likely indirectly.
	www.westga.edu /~physics/mil/94.htm (70 words)

	Patient Zero: the Connecticut Source of the Multi-drug Resistant, Rapidly Progressing HIV-1 Strain Found in New York ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Patient Zero: the Connecticut Source of the Multi-drug Resistant, Rapidly Progressing HIV-1 Strain Found in New York City
		· Patient Zero (CT) is a 52 year-old Caucasian MSM from Connecticut, HIV+ 10/93, who began AZT monotherapy in 1995 with CD4 95, followed by AZT/SQV-hgc, prior to beginning HAART in 1997.
		Patient Zero: the Connecticut source of the multi-drug resistant, dual-tropic, rapidly progressing HIV-1 strain found in NYC.
	www.hivandhepatitis.com /2005icr/ias/docs/072705_e.html (405 words)

	Patient Zero Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Looking For patient zero - Find patient zero and more at Lycos Search.
		Find patient zero - Your relevant result is a click away!
		Look for patient zero - Find patient zero at one of the best sites the Internet has to offer!
	www.fburg.com /encyclopedia/Patient_Zero (902 words)

	The Patient Zero Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Their second album is a lot more polished than the first one; where the first album had a live sound, Patient Zero sounds more finished and complete.
		Patient Zero: It begins with a quote from a movie (don't ask me which one), and so begins a great description of alienation.
		Once again, the hammered dulcimer comes into play (I love that sound), and for what seems like the first time on Patient Zero, there are no vocal treatments.
	www.reevz.net /patient-r.html (474 words)

	Review: Zero Patience (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The story, such as it is, postulates that the famous European explorer and author, Sir Richard Francis Burton (John Robinson), is alive and well (as the result of a drink from a fountain of youth) and working in the Museum of Natural History in Toronto.
		There, he is putting together an exhibit on the origins of AIDS for the "Hall of Contagions." The subject of his project is Patient Zero (Normand Fauteux), the supposed carrier of AIDS from Africa to North America.
		Burton's initial motives are mercenary, but encounters with Patient Zero's ghost changes his views on quite a number of things, including his own sexuality, as he falls in love with the ghost.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/z/zero.html (466 words)

	New York Blade Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The patient was referred to the Aaron Diamond Center, where researchers helped him piece together his sexual past.
		Ho said the patient believes he was infected in the third week of October last year, when he engaged in unprotected receptive and insertive anal sex.
		Ho, who was part of the Feb. 11 news conference, was adamant that the release was necessary due to the severity of this patient’s case.
	www.newyorkblade.com /2005/3-4/news/localnews/zero.cfm (1006 words)

	Patient Zero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		1984), a Canadian airline steward who was Patient Zero for an early epidemiological study on HIV by the Centers for Disease Control.
		This myth was promoted by sensationalism surrounding Randy Shilts[?]'s book And The Band Played On[?] and the movie based upon it.
		It uses material from the wikipedia article Patient Zero.
	www.eurofreehost.com /pa/Patient_Zero.html (372 words)

	themusicedge.com :: Patient Zero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Patient Zero hails from Cincinnati, Ohio, and their latest release is an interesting listen, to say the least.
		Seemingly So… is brimming with a healthy dose of progressive rock and metal influences, while occasionally tilting their musical hat toward modern rock bands such as Incubus and Hoobastank.
		Patient Zero may be a band to watch out for in the future, but to my ears Seemingly So… needs a bit more polish to meet the demands and finicky ears of the awaiting CD/MP3 buying public.
	www.themusicedge.com /moxie/news/reviews/patient-zero.shtml (306 words)

	Ask Dr. Science: Patient Zero
		If, instead, you somehow make it airborne or spread through touch, the effects could spread globally, but it is difficult to say how many people may become infected because it really depends on where your Patient Zero goes inside the airport and who he or she interacts with.
		If the patient goes in when traffic is relatively light, stands fairly far away from people, and takes a flight to a remote location then the damage may be fairly well contained.
		But it is also remote that the patient will infect everyone in the airport, including employees of the airport and airlines.
	www.askdrscience.org /view.php?idtag=3371&responses=5 (465 words)

	Insight on the News: Preparing for patient zero: the government must prepare for the possibility of a ...
		After being infected with smallpox the patient is not contagious for about 12 days until a high fever sets in and a rash, or pox, becomes apparent.
		Doctors likely would prefer that smallpox patients stay at home where they could be treated by on-call healthcare workers.
		There is in any case very little that doctors can do other than to make patients as comfortable as possible by giving them pain medication.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1571/is_46_17/ai_80774558 (1524 words)

	Patient Zero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		See also: AIDS myths and urban legends, AandE's Biography of the Millennium.
		Article for the New York Times Review of Books by Dr. Andrew Moss, Dept. of Epidemiology and International Health, San Francisco, regarding the Patient Zero myth (http://www.nybooks.com/articles/4227).
		This page was last modified 12:48, 16 Jun 2004.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Patient_Zero (384 words)

	The Dead: Patient Zero Action Figure - Sideshow Collectibles - RTM Spotlight
		Patient Zero was an exclusive at the 2005 Comic-Con International at San Diego and to be honest, he fit right in.
		Well, he's the start of something and so what better way to preview what The Dead may become than with the 'zero issue' figure, as it were.
		The nearly white package (just a bloody hand print) slides up and inside is the bloody window box containing Patient Zero, with a face that just looks like he cut it shaving.
	www.toymania.com /columns/spotlight/ssthedead.shtml (581 words)

	AVN :: Articles - Viral Load Results Indicate James was 'Patient Zero'
		The viral load tests for Darren James and Lara Roxx, the two adult performers that were recently diagnosed as HIV-positive, indicate that James is “patient zero” of the current outbreak.
		HIV-positive patients regularly check their viral load to monitor the virus’ progression.
		According to Sharon Mitchell, PhD, executive director of the AIM Healthcare Foundation, those results point to James as “patient zero,” the person who brought the virus into the adult community for this isolated outbreak.
	www.avn.com /index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=Print_Article&Content_ID=81726 (235 words)

	The Binary Circumstance » Blog Archive » Wikipedia: Patient Zero, Polio Vaccines, and HIV/AIDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Some say this is plausible others say the theory is unfounded.
		When I first looked at the article about Patient Zero, it contained the statement:
		The AIDS epidemic was started by contaminated batches of polio vaccine given to people in Burundi in central Africa.
	www.thebinarycircumstance.com /2003/12/01/235/wikipedia-patient-zero-polio-vaccines-and-hivaids (260 words)

	China, Sars - will the real "patient zero" please stand up? - Health Supreme
		The origin of SARS is somewhat shrouded in mystery, but an article in the Italian "La Repubblica" traced the first man to have died of SARS to a government laboratory doing vaccine research.
		Coming back to "patient zero", a report in the English language edition of China.org tells us that patient zero lives in Huang Xingchu and was variously a simple farmer or a chef in a restaurant.
		Huang Wenjie: The remark that Huang is the first SARS patient in China is incorrect.
	www.newmediaexplorer.org /sepp/2003/09/23/china_sars_will_the_real_patient_zero_please_stand_up.htm (2640 words)

	Re: i wonder who 'patient zero' is?
		Re: Re: i wonder who 'patient zero' is? -- Cynthia
		My understanding is that this bug can't be contracted by the sort of casual exposure in a supermarket that you suggest.
		Although, to tell the truth, with the price of gasoline I might just take the risk if the cost of a flight is low enough.
	anyboard.net /news/ag/posts/2301.html (104 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)