Case-to-infection Ratio (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
- The researchers studied the case-to-infection ratio to better understand the spread and severity of the disease in the affected population.
- The World Health Organization analyzed the case-to-infection ratio for COVID-19 in different countries to assess the effectiveness of public health measures.
- The epidemiologist emphasized that the case-to-infection ratio varied greatly among different age groups and geographic regions for the virus.
- To control the outbreak, public health officials needed to calculate the case-to-infection ratio for the virus to identify the most at-risk populations.
- By tracking changes in the case-to-infection ratio over time, scientists can assess the impact of interventions such as vaccination and mask mandates.