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Can someone have strep throat with out a painful sore throat?
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Yes: But more often an asymptomatic person with a positive strep culture is colonized, not infected.
Answered 11/9/2012
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Yes and no: You can be an asymptomatic carrier of the germ who does not get sick with it.Up to 4% of people are carriers year round & they don't show blood test evidence of a strep infection.Some that have an infection have symptoms mild enough not to realize they are sick.
Answered 3/11/2013
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