Richard Adler is a professor of microbiology at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. He has written five other books and numerous professional articles as well as works for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Elise Mara is currently a graduate student studying epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She lives in Livonia, Michigan.

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• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface1. Earliest Historical Descriptions2. The Plague of Athens3. The Strange Death of Alexander the Great4. The Etiological Agent and Pathology5. Scientific Progress in the 18th and 19th Centuries6. Of Princes and Presidents7. Identifying the Etiological Agent8. Widal Versus Grünbaum: A Question of Priority9. Typhoid Carriers: The Story of “Typhoid Mary”10. Vaccination as a Preventive Measure: The Work of Sir Almroth Wright and Beyond11. Typhoid in the American Army12. Typhoid Fever in the 21st CenturyChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

Richard Adler is a professor of microbiology at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. He has written five other books and numerous professional articles as well as works for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Elise Mara is currently a graduate student studying epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She lives in Livonia, Michigan.

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• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface1. Earliest Historical Descriptions2. The Plague of Athens3. The Strange Death of Alexander the Great4. The Etiological Agent and Pathology5. Scientific Progress in the 18th and 19th Centuries6. Of Princes and Presidents7. Identifying the Etiological Agent8. Widal Versus Grünbaum: A Question of Priority9. Typhoid Carriers: The Story of “Typhoid Mary”10. Vaccination as a Preventive Measure: The Work of Sir Almroth Wright and Beyond11. Typhoid in the American Army12. Typhoid Fever in the 21st CenturyChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

Richard Adler is a professor of microbiology at the University of Michigan–Dearborn. He has written five other books and numerous professional articles as well as works for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Elise Mara is currently a graduate student studying epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She lives in Livonia, Michigan.

“recommended”—Choice.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface1. Earliest Historical Descriptions2. The Plague of Athens3. The Strange Death of Alexander the Great4. The Etiological Agent and Pathology5. Scientific Progress in the 18th and 19th Centuries6. Of Princes and Presidents7. Identifying the Etiological Agent8. Widal Versus Grünbaum: A Question of Priority9. Typhoid Carriers: The Story of “Typhoid Mary”10. Vaccination as a Preventive Measure: The Work of Sir Almroth Wright and Beyond11. Typhoid in the American Army12. Typhoid Fever in the 21st CenturyChapter NotesBibliographyIndex