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Can you get the brain eating amoeba from tap water in pennsylvania?

Q: can you get the brain eating amoeba from tap water in pennsylvania?

N. fowleri: Between 1962 &amp; 2016 there have been NO case-reports of Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri in Pennyslvania. Your risks are pretty dog gone low.

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N. fowleri: Between 1962 & 2016 there have been NO case-reports of Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri in Pennyslvania. Your risks are pretty dog gone low.

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A member asked:

Can you get the brain eating amoeba from tap water in pennsylvania?

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