Typhoid Mary

Typhoid Mary

Typhoid Mary was the first identified asymptotic carrier of typhoid, attributed to 3-50 deaths, and still had evidence of living typhoid salmonella bacteria in her gallbladder after her death. She was quarantined for the last 23 years of her life.

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