Mary Mallon
This was Mary Mallon's infamous nickname.
Who is Typhoid Mary?
The type of microorganism that causes typhoid fever.
What is bacteria?
The practice of isolating infected individuals to prevent disease spread.
What is quarantine?
The study of disease patterns in populations.
What is epidemiology?
The decade when Mary Mallon was first identified as a carrier.
What is the 1900s? (Specifically 1906)
Mary Mallon's profession, which contributed to her spreading the disease.
What is a cook?
The specific bacterium that causes typhoid fever.
What is Salmonella typhi?
The type of carrier Mary Mallon was, showing no symptoms herself.
What is an asymptomatic carrier?
A person who spreads an infectious disease without being sick themselves.
What is a carrier?
The war that was ongoing during Mary's second quarantine.
What is World War I?
The number of years Mary Mallon spent in forced quarantine in total.
What is 26 years?
This organ is primarily affected by typhoid fever.
What is the intestine?
The New York department that confined Mary Mallon.
What is the Department of Health?
The minimum number of microorganisms needed to cause an infection.
What is the infectious dose?
The major historical event that occurred the year after Mary's death.
What is the start of World War II?
The name of the sanitary engineer who identified Mary as a carrier.
Who is George Soper?
The estimated number of people Mary Mallon infected.
What is 51? (range of 51-122)
The island where Mary was quarantined twice.
What is North Brother Island?
The time between exposure to a pathogen and the appearance of symptoms.
What is the incubation period?
The president of the United States when Mary was first quarantined.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The year Mary Mallon died.
What is 1938?
The percentage of typhoid patients who become chronic carriers.
What is 3%?
The legal concept that allows for quarantine of individuals for public safety.
What is police power?
The phenomenon where a pathogen becomes resistant to drugs designed to kill it.
What is antibiotic resistance?
The significant medical advance that occurred in 1928, potentially relevant to typhoid treatment.
What is the discovery of penicillin?