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Mary Mallon Talk Summary
The talk delineates a detailed picture regarding the life of Mary Mallon. She was a great cook and migrated to the US from Mexico in the 20th century. She got typhoid fever, a bacterial disease that can transmit through water and food. Even before her death she always denied her disease. She changed her job many times and 20 people were infected by her and one of them died.
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