Patient zero (disambiguation)

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Patient zero (also known as the "index case") is the first documented patient in a disease epidemic within a population.

Patient Zero or Patient 0 may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Songs

"Patient Zero" (song), by Taylor Swift, 2026
"Patient Zero", by Aimee Mann from the 2017 album Mental Illness
"Patient Zero", by Cypecore from the 2024 album Make Me Real
"Patient Zero", by Enterprise Earth from the 2015 album Patient 0
"Patient Zero", by Hammerfall from the 2011 album Infected

Film and television

Patient Zero (film), 2018 science fiction horror
"Patient Zero", 2001 television episode of the Outer Limits

Other uses in arts and entertainment

Weasel (Marvel Comics), also known as Patient Zero, supervillain
Patient 0 (Enterprise Earth album), 2015
"Patient Zero" (audio drama), 2009 episode of Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures
Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel, 2009, by Jonathan Maberry
Patient Zero, 2005 demoscene production by Farbrausch
Patient Zero, campaign in the 2016 video game Hitman
"Patient Zero", 2001 short story by Tananarive Due

People

Gaëtan Dugas (1952–1984), Canadian flight attendant dubbed "Patient Zero" in the AIDS epidemic

See also

Cabin Fever: Patient Zero, 2014 science fiction horror film
Killing Patient Zero, 2019 Canadian documentary about Gaëtan Dugas
Zero Patience, 1993 musical about AIDS

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