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Can you get the brain eating amoeba from dust or dirt. or is it only in water. ?
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Naegleria fowleri: Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri is transmitted by water - not dust/dirt.
Answered 11/28/2017
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