1. Bacteria:Strep Throat
                                                                    
By:Kadijah Hilliard
Ashley Bowden
Core 3-5th Period
May 12, 2009

2. How Strep Throat Spreads
Anybody can get strep throat,but its most common in school age kids and teens. These infections occur most often during the school year when big groups of kids and teens are in close quarters.

3. How Strep Throat Spreads Cont…..
The bacteria that cause strep throat (group a streptococcus) tend to hang out in the nose and throat, so normal activities like sneezing, coughing, or shaking hands can easily spread infection from one person to another.

4. How Strep Throat Spreads Cont…..
That’s why its so important to teach kids the importance of washing-good hygiene can lessen their chances of getting contagious diseases like strep throat.

5. Strep Throat Symptoms
The infection with strep bacteria causes symptoms within one to three days. You may develop a red throat with white patches. The tonsils, or there may be a gray or white covering on the tonsils. With strep throat, people may also have trouble swallowing and may have tender, swollen lymph glands on the sides of the neck.

6. Pictures of strep throat

7. Strep Throat Organism

8. Strep throat overview
Although strep throat is most common in school aged children and teens, adults may also get this disease.
Strep throat can be passed from person to person. When a person with strep throat cough sneezes tiny droplets with bacteria go into then the droplets can be breath in by other people.

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