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Origin- 430BC
Was belived to be the cause of plague in Athens was fatal to one third of the population this included the leader at the time pericles. His successer caught it too but it was not fatal. -
Richmond Terrace Clifton
William Budd went to visit a patient and diagnosed them with typhoid fever and realized he had a minor epidemic. 13 experianced at least one case of the fever and 34 households. He hypohisised that it was spread by water. -
Mary Mallon
was a cook that spread typhoid fver through water and food without her knowledge and was caught and refused treatment and was held for three years as a threat to the publc. In 1910 she was granted release as long as she didn't go out to be a cook then another outbreak at a hospital was linked to her. She was then taken into custody and spent the rest of her life at Riverside Hospital she died on November 11th, 1938. -
Salmonella typhi
Typhoid fever was also known as salmonella typhi and was identified in 1880 by William Budd. -
George A. Soper
Graduated from college and used newly developed bacteriological techniques and laboratories of the City's Department of Heath to argue that the source of the typhoid out break was "Typhoid Mary" or Mary Mallon. -
China
8,098 people were infected 774 were killed. The desease spread through people called superspreaders -
Uganda
From december 2007 to July 2009 577 cases, 289 hospitalizations, 249 IPs, and 47 deaths from typoid fever. -
Frozen Mamey Fruit Pulp
A total of 9 people were infected 7(78%) of 9 reported eating frozen mamey fruit pulp other reports besides this one have reported the same just different statistics. -
Superbug
Typhoid fever is known as Salmonella typhi which was collected in 63 countries they found 47% were from H58 strain. -
Uganda #2
Started in Kampala City 1940 suspected it has now spread to all divisions in the capital city and to the neighboring districts infected are young males 20-39 years of age. -
Harare
813 cases of typhoid reported 445 confirmed.
