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Infections associated with religious rituals
Journal article   Open access   Peer reviewed

Infections associated with religious rituals

James Pellerin and Michael B Edmond
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol.17(11), pp.e945-e948
11/2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.05.001
PMID: 23791225
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2013.05.001View
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Abstract

This review evaluates the medical literature for religious rituals or ceremonies that have been reported to cause infection. These include an ultra-orthodox Jewish circumcision practice known as metzitzah b’peh, the Christian common communion chalice, Islamic ritual ablution, and the Hindu ‘side-roll’. Infections associated with participation in the Islamic Hajj have been extensively reviewed and will not be discussed.
Culture Ritual Religion Infectious disease Circumcision

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