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I coughed and tap water that was in my mouth squirted out of my nose. if the tap water is contaminated with naegleria fowleri, am i at risk of the water travelling up my nose and developing an naegleria fowleri infection?
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Unlikely : More queries about this issue than cases. Estimated 300 cases worldwide total (not per year - total). Not quite that many queries yet but getting close 😚 Nothing in medicine in impossible - just more or less likely. This is very (very) unlikely
Answered 2/14/2021
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