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Is rheumatic fever transferable from mother to child in pregnancy?

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No: The disease rheumatic fever is a result of an untreated strep throat. It is not contagious or spread from person to person. The strep infection, however, can be spread.

Dr Ferguson and another doctor agreed

Answered 10/25/2012

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