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venning | 5 years ago

"Typhoid Mary" was an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever for at least 38 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

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pbhjpbhj|5 years ago

FWIW I think that article shows her infecting people for only 15 years (1900-1915), then being quarantined for a further 23.

auntienomen|5 years ago

A post-mortem confirmed that her gallbladder was loaded with the bacteria that cause typhoid.