Mary Mallon, the Cook Known as Typhoid Mary, Quarantined for 26 Years as America's First Identified Healthy Carrier
Mary Mallon, an Irish-born cook in New York, was the first person in the United States identified as a healthy carrier of typhoid fever. Linked to at least 53 cases and 3 deaths, she was quarantined on North Brother Island from 1907 to 1910, released on condition she stop cooking — and caught cooking again in 1915. She spent the rest of her life in quarantine.
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