can you develop strep throat or do you have to catch it from someone who has it?

Question

can you develop strep throat or do you have to catch it from someone who has it?

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Answer 1

Strep throat is the common term for “Streptococcal Pharyngitis.” Streptococcus is a type of bacteria that cause a number of different diseases (Streptoccocus pneumoniea causes bacterial pneumonia for example). You need to be in contact with the bacteria to get the disease, but it can spread through droplets in air and on surfaces a sick person touched.