Typhoid Mary in a hospital bed (foreground), 1909. Photograph of Mary Mallon (1869 -1938), also known as Typhoid Mary, who was an Irish-born cook believed to have infected 53 people with typhoid fever, three of whom died. She was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the disease.

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Mary Mallon (1869 -1938), also known as Typhoid Mary, who was an Irish-born cook believed to have infected 53 people with typhoid fever, three of whom died. She was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the disease (courtesy, Wikipedia).

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