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Can you get nagleria fowleri from smelling a flower. the flower was dry and had no water on it? just curious.
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No: this amoeba is found in lakes and especially hot springs It is rare and it does enter thru the nose but you need to be swimming or playing in the contaminated water You cannot get it from smelling a dry flower
Answered 10/22/2017
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No: This is not a mode of transmission for Naegleria fowleri.
Answered 11/28/2017
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