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What happens if i drank out of the same glass as someone with strep throat what's the odds of me getting it?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Contagious: I can't give you the odds but strep is very contagious -so it could be transmitted.

Answered 12/6/2013

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