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A member asked:

What are the chances of me contracting an infection such as strep if my sexual partner had it and recently gave me oral sex?

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High: it is high that you could contract streptococcus by intimacy kissing and close proximity.

Dr Kuitems and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/25/2014

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