Patient zero (disambiguation)

Patient zero, or the index case, is the first documented patient in a disease epidemic within a population.

Patient zero or Patient Zero may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Patient Zero (audio drama), 2009, based on the television series Doctor Who
• Patient Zero (film), a 2018 fantasy-horror film
• "Patient Zero" (The Outer Limits), a 2001 television episode
• Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel, 2009, by Jonathan Maberry
• "Patient Zero", a 2000 short story by Tananarive Due
• Patient Zero, a demoscene production by Farbrausch
• "Patient Zero", a song by Hammerfall from the album Infected
• "Patient Zero", a song by Aimee Mann from the album Mental Illness
• Patient Zero, a campaign in the 2016 video game Hitman

Other uses

• Gaëtan Dugas (1952–1984), Canadian flight attendant initially labeled "Patient Zero" in the AIDS epidemic
• Killing Patient Zero, 2019 Canadian documentary about Gaëtan Dugas who became demonized as "patient zero" for HIV/AIDS

See also

• Patient 0 (Enterprise Earth album), an album (and title track) by American deathcore band Enterprise Earth
• Zero Patience, a musical about AIDS