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Chronicles the story of the early 1900s typhoid fever epidemic in New York, providing details as to how its infamous carrier was ultimately tracked down and stopped. Gripping text and photographs tell the 1907 true story of the woman who unwittingly spread deadly bacteria, the epidemiologist who discovered her trail of infection, and the health department that decided her fate.
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5 editions- Other · English · 2021Highlights Press, c/o Highlights for Children, Inc. · 192 pages · 9781635925159
- Other · English · 2015Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights · 175 pages · 9781620915974
- Other · English · 2015Bound to Stay Bound Books · 175 pages · 9798855062830
- Other · English · 2015186 pages · 9781518117541
- Other · English · 2014Boyds Mills Press · 192 pages · 9781629790602
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