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because she really did spread typhoid. She was a carrier of typhoid and caused about 35 cases and 3 deaths in New York. She worked as a cook and many of those who ate her food would come down with typhoid.

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Did Mary Mallon have typhoid when she came to America?

Most probably Mary Mallon had typhoid before she came to America. She probably brought the typhoid from Ireland. She was one of the many asymptomatic carriers of typhoid.


How could Mary Mallon live with typhoid fever and not know it?

Mary Mallon did not have fever. She was asymptomatic carrier of typhoid. She did not believe the doctors and such phenomena is common in clinical practice.


Mary Mallon was eventually imprisoned for life alone on North Brother Island for spreading what disease in her gallbladder caused by organisms called rickettsias?

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Why was Mary Mallon locked up?

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What was typhoid Mary's real name?

Typhoid Mary's real name was Mary Mallon. She was an Irish immigrant to America, and responsible for a number of outbreaks of typhoid in New York in the early twentieth century.


What was Typhoid Mary best known for?

Typhoid Mary is best known for being the first person in the United States of America for carrying the pathogen associated with typhoid fever. Her real name is Mary Mallon.


What was Mary best known for?

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What is Mary Mallons full name?

Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary) was born on September 23, 1869.


What did city officials do to Mary Mallon?

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What was the name of the family Typhoid Mary first infected?

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