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Can balamuthia live inside house in indoor dust or garage dust? says found in soil/ dust but need more specifics from experts (you)
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Outside water: It is an amoeba so it needs. Soil and water , Outside of houses in Temperate climates. Infects the person usually thru contaminated wounds, sometimes from nasopharyngeal aspiration of soil or dust . Not that common of an organism and usually can give rise to skin lesions or fatal Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis
Answered 11/28/2017
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