Episode 19: "Typhoid Mary" Mallon

 

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Often called the "Killer Cook", Mallon spread Typhoid Fever through upper class New York in the early 1900s. We take a look into Mallon's life and what contact tracing was like 120 years ago.

 

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Mary Mallon

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Mary in hospital

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Episode Sources:

• CDC. (2021). Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever

• Marineli, F., Tsoucalas, F., Karamanou, M., & Androutsos, G. (2013). Mary Mallon (1869-1938) and the history of typhoid fever. Annals of Gastroenterology. 26(2).

• MayoClinic.org. (2020). Typhoid Fever. 

• National Geographic “Typhoid Mary’s tragic tale exposed the health impacts of ‘superspreaders’ Nina Strochlic

• Ochs, R. (2007) “Dinner with Typhoid Mary” Newsday Inc. 

• Wikipedia (2022). Mary Mallon. 

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