Definitions for mary mallon
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1. Mallon, Mary Mallon, Typhoid Marynoun

   United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)

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1. Mary Mallon

   Mary Mallon (September 23, 1869 – November 11, 1938), commonly known as Typhoid Mary, was an Irish-born American cook believed to have infected between 51 and 122 people with typhoid fever. The infections caused three confirmed deaths, with unconfirmed estimates of up to 50. She was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogenic bacteria Salmonella typhi. She persisted in working as a cook and thereby exposed others to the disease. Because of that, she was twice forcibly quarantined by authorities, eventually for the final two decades of her life. Mallon died after a total of nearly 30 years in isolation. Her popular nickname has since gained currency as a term for persons who spread disease or other misfortune, not always aware that they are doing so.

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1. mary mallon

   Mary Mallon, commonly known as "Typhoid Mary," was an Irish-born cook and the first known asymptomatic carrier of the bacteria that causes typhoid fever in the United States. During the early 20th century, she apparently infected dozens of people, although she herself displayed no symptoms of the disease. She was eventually quarantined by public health authorities, a situation she vigorously fought, but died in isolation. Her case has been frequently cited as an example of individual rights versus public health safety.

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1. Mary Mallon

   Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever. She was presumed to have infected some 49 people, three of whom died, over the course of her career as a cook. She was forcibly isolated twice by public health authorities and died after a total of nearly three decades in isolation.

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   The numerical value of mary mallon in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

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   The numerical value of mary mallon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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   Across media platforms, “Typhoid Mary” is still casually applied to contemporary menaces of public health, ignoring the ethically dubious practice of blaming healthy carriers and Mary Mallon’s persecution as a poor immigrant at the turn of the 20th century.

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