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These questions are about Typhoid Mary: The Most Dangerous Woman in America (NOVA)

12. What did NY city health officials wish to do with Mary? 13. What was the outcome of Mary's stool tests? 14. Mary was quarantined on what island? 15. According to the Department of Health, what was the probable organ infection in Mary? of 16. What was the outcome of Mary's court case against the department of health? 17. When Mary was released from quarantine, she ultimately ended up working at Sloan Hospital in New York. What happened to her as a result? 18. What was Mary's job at Riverside Hospital? 19. When did Mary Mallon die? 20. How many people did she infect during her lifetime?

Answer 1

12. Typhoid fever is caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi, and is spread through contaminated food or drinks. ... As the first “healthy carrier” of the fever, Typhoid Mary claimed that she was never infected. The virus was only confirmed through blood and stool samples collected by government officials.Typhoid Mary was born on this day in 1869, and her name has become a synonym for disease carriers, but who was Typhoid Mary and why did she spend more than a decade spreading the deadly disease.

She had worked in a variety of domestic positions for wealthy families prior to settling into her career as a cook. As a healthy carrier of Salmonella typhi her nickname of “Typhoid Mary” had become synonymous with the spread of disease, as many were infected due to her denial of being ill.