WHO recommended use of first typhoid conjugate vaccine
On Apr. 3, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended the introduction of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) for…
CDC published ACIP recommendations for typhoid vaccination
On Mar. 27, 2015, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published new Immunization Practices Advisory…
OHSU announced collaboration with PNNL on biodefense project studying salmonella, pox viruses
On Sept. 14, 2004, researchers at OHSU and OHSU’s Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute announced a collaboration with…
Typhoid Vi polysaccharide inactivated injectable polysaccharide vaccine was licensed
On Nov. 28, 1994, the typhoid Vi polysaccharide inactivated injectable polysaccharide vaccine (Typhim Vi by Aventis Pasteur) was…
A live, oral typhoid vaccine (Ty21a, Vivotif Berna by Swiss Serum Institute) was licensed
On Dec. 15, 1989, the live, oral typhoid vaccine (Ty21a, Vivotif Berna by Swiss Serum Institute) was licensed….
CDC disease detectives investigated outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in Zaire and Sudan, later named Ebola
In 1976, patients began presenting at a rural hospital in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo (then referred to…
Heat-phenol inactivated typhoid vaccine by Wyeth was licensed
On Jul. 16, 1952, a heat-phenol inactivated typhoid vaccine by Wyeth was licensed by the U.S. Food and…
Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary, died in quarantine on North Brother Island near New York
On Nov. 11, 1938, Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary and the first person in the U.S.,…
Typhoid vaccine was first licensed in the U.S.
In 1914, the first typhoid vaccine was licensed in the U.S. in 1914. Typhoid immunization was required of…
Typhoid immunization was required of all U.S service members
On Sept. 30, 1911, typhoid immunization became required of all U.S. service members. The U.S. Army became the…
Typhoid Fever Epidemic struck Mankato, Minnesota
On Jun. 26, 1908, a typhoid fever epidemic struck Mankato, Minnesota with 5,000-6,000 cases of diarrhea reported between…
Drs. Anderson, Lumsen and Frost expanded scope of earlier typhoid studies
In 1908, Drs. John F. Anderson, Leslie L. Lumsen and Wade H. Frost expanded scope of earlier typhoid…
Dr. Sara Josephine Baker was instrumental in identifying Mary Mallon as caused of typhoid epidemic in New York city
In 1907, Dr. Sara Josephine Baker and sanitation engineer. George Soper at the New York City Department of…
The New York City Department of Health opened a quarantine facility at Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island
In 1903, the New York City Department of Health opened a quarantine facility at Riverside Hospital on North…
Typhoid struck Minnesota Volunteer Infantry camping at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds
On Jul. 16, 1898, 400 members of the Fifteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry were hospitalized with typhoid after camping…
Typhoid vaccines were first developed
In 1896, Almroth Edward Wright, Richard Pfeiffer and Wilhelm Kolle developed the first typhoid vaccine. It was a…
Hygienic Laboratory workers conducted an investigation of typhoid fever in the District of Columbia
Between 1884-1895, Milton J. Rosenau, Leslie L. Lumsen, Joseph H. Kastle and other Hygienic Laboratory workers conducted an…