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Can a carrier of strep give strep to other people?
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Carrier state: Yes, a carrier can infect a normal person.
Answered 4/27/2014
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Yes, unfortunately: This is likely how most transmission of strep and other similar upper airway/mouth bacteria works. The carrier state is the transmissible contagious state and then sometimes the bacteria decides to infect. This is the case for staph, pneumococcus, and also group a strep. And carriage is far more common than people realize.
Answered 9/29/2016
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