Can you get a brain eating amoeba from dust?

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asked Aug 7, 2017 in Naegleria fowleri by anonymous

I have a lot of dust in my basement and I am afraid I may have inhaled some through my nose. I have seen no deaths from brain eating amoebas in dust. The websites say that they can be found in dust but I am not sure if this is true.

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