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How do Jains get toxoplasma infection?

Hall SM, Pandit A, Golwilkar A, Williams TS.

Toxoplasma infection is as prevalent among Jains as among other religious groups in the same area. Jain laws mean that exposure to Toxoplasma gondii via well known routes of infection is unlikely; drinking water may be the vehicle of infection.