title: How do Jains get toxoplasma infection?
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pandit
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golwilkar
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014676:Diet, Vegetarian; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D018596:Hinduism; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D014122:Toxoplasma; D014125:Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D014867:Water / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D014867:Water