Quarantine Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==='Typhoid Mary' (US), 1907β1910 and 1915β1938=== [[Mary Mallon]] was a cook who was found to be a carrier of [[Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica]], the cause of [[typhoid fever]], and was forcibly isolated from 1907 to 1910. At least 53 cases of the infection were traced to her, and three deaths. Subsequently, she spent a further 23 years in isolation prior to her death in 1938. The presence of the bacteria in her gallbladder was confirmed on autopsy.<ref name="TyphoidMaryTSD">{{cite web|author=Dex and McCaff|url=http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1816/who-was-typhoid-mary |title=Who was Typhoid Mary?|website=The Straight Dope|date= 14 August 2000 |access-date= 5 March 2020}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page