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Laboratory research shows ginger has higher antibacterial effects than antibiotics against the bacteria that cause strep throat.9 Some chew on fresh ginger root or add it to hot water to ease a sore throat.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 6 Sep. 2024
Parks, 27, a special education teacher in Springfield, Illinois, was about 18 weeks pregnant and had been feeling very sick with a fever for days, but tests for Covid and strep came back negative.
—Anne Thompson, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
In rare cases, Group A strep can enter deep tissue or the bloodstream, as is the case with STSS.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 21 June 2024
These strep bacteria eat sugars from starchy foods, such as roots, seeds and tubers.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1927, in the meaning defined above
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“Strep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strep. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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