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Im pregnant. can you get listeria from accidentally drinking out of someones water bottle after they had just eaten deli meat and soft serve ice cream?

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Not usually: Not usually as there is not enough of a bacterial load(dose) that the stomach acid won't cancel.

Answered 11/11/2016

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