Case-to-infection Proportion (Noun)
Meaning
The number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease.
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- Researchers estimated the case-to-infection proportion for COVID-19 in various age groups to inform vaccination strategies.
- Understanding the case-to-infection proportion of tuberculosis is crucial for disease surveillance and control.
- A high case-to-infection proportion for measles suggests that the virus causes symptoms in nearly everyone infected.
- Studies on the case-to-infection proportion of HIV help identify high-risk groups for targeted interventions.
- Public health officials monitor the case-to-infection proportion of influenza to predict the severity of outbreaks.