Mr N the milker, and Dr Koch's concept of the healthy carrier

At a scientific meeting in November of 1902, Dr Robert Koch advanced the idea of the healthy carrier of infection and applied it to the epidemiology of typhoid fever. Koch's concept transformed officials' understanding of the typhoid outbreak in Folkestone England in the late 1800s by show...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 353; no. 9161; pp. 1354 - 1356
Main Author Mortimer, Philip P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Elsevier Ltd 17.04.1999
Lancet
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Animals
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Carrier State
Dairying
Disease Outbreaks - history
Epidemiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
History
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Humans
Koch, Robert
Microbiology
Milk - microbiology
Pathogenicity, virulence, toxins, bacteriocins, pyrogens, host-bacteria relations, miscellaneous strains
Typhoid
Typhoid Fever - epidemiology
Typhoid Fever - history
Typhoid Fever - transmission
United Kingdom - epidemiology
Waterborne diseases
United Kingdom
Europe
Infection
Concept
Case study
Human
Healthy subject
Bacteriosis
Salmonellosis
Carrier
Typhoid
Epidemiology
Case history
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Summary:At a scientific meeting in November of 1902, Dr Robert Koch advanced the idea of the healthy carrier of infection and applied it to the epidemiology of typhoid fever. Koch's concept transformed officials' understanding of the typhoid outbreak in Folkestone England in the late 1800s by showing that Mr N, a healthy cowman and milker, was the carrier.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(98)11315-6