received the vaccine none developed typhoid whereas 4 who had not been vaccinated became ill. American army in the Spanish-American war: government records estimate over 21,000 troops had typhoid, resulting in 2,200 deaths. In 1902, guests at mayoral banquets in Southampton and Winchester, England, became ill and four died, including the Dean of Winchester, after consuming oysters. The infection was due to oysters sourced from Emsworth, where the oyster beds had been contaminated with raw sewage. Jamaica Plain neighborhood, Boston in 1908 - linked to milk delivery. See history section, "carriers" for further details. Outbreak in upperclass New Yorkers who employed Mary Mallon - 51 cases and 3 deaths from 1907 to 1915. Aberdeen, Scotland, in summer 1964 - traced back to contaminated canned beef sourced from Argentina sold in markets. More than 500 patients were quarantined in the hospital for a minimum of four weeks, and the outbreak was contained without any deaths. Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in 1996–1997: 10,677 cases reported, 108 deaths Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2004: 43,000 cases and over 200 deaths. A prospective study of specimens collected in the same region between 2007 and 2011 revealed about one third of samples obtained from patient samples were resistant to multiple antibiotics. Kampala, Uganda in 2015: 10,230 cases reported See also Post-fever retinitis References Further reading Intestinal infectious diseases Conditions diagnosed by stool test Waterborne diseases Wikipedia medicine articles ready to translate Wikipedia emergency medicine articles ready to translate Vaccine-preventable diseases