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Under Jewish law, a mohel must draw blood from the circumcision wound. Most mohels do it by hand with a suction device, but some Orthodox groups use their mouth to draw blood after cutting the foreskin.<ref>Hartog, Kelly. [http://www.jewishjournal.com/community_briefs/article/death_spotlights_old_circumcision_rite_20050218 Death spotlights old circumcision rite], JewishJournal.com, 17 February 2005 Retrieved 2 February 2015</ref> <ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6898403/ Rabbi probed for circumcised infants' herpes], nbcnews.com, 2 February 2005 Retrieved 2 February 2015</ref> <ref>Distel R, Hofer V, Bogger-Goren S, Shalit I, Garty BZ. "Primary genital herpes simplex infection associated with Jewish ritual circumcision". ''Isr Med Assoc J'' 2003;5:893–4, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14689764</ref> <ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23680909Penile herpes simplex virus type 1 infection presenting two and a half years after Jewish ritual circumcision of an infant]. ''Sex Transm Dis''. 2013 Jun;40(6):516-7. </ref> The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning in 2012 about the health implications of this practice, citing 11 cases of neonatal HSV and two recorded fatalities.<ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6122a2.htm CDC: Neonatal HSV Infection from Circumcision-Related Orogenital Suction] Baum SG: ''Morb Mortal Wkly Rep'' 2012 Jun 8; 61: see page 405–409. Retrieved 2 February 2015.</ref>
 
Under Jewish law, a mohel must draw blood from the circumcision wound. Most mohels do it by hand with a suction device, but some Orthodox groups use their mouth to draw blood after cutting the foreskin.<ref>Hartog, Kelly. [http://www.jewishjournal.com/community_briefs/article/death_spotlights_old_circumcision_rite_20050218 Death spotlights old circumcision rite], JewishJournal.com, 17 February 2005 Retrieved 2 February 2015</ref> <ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6898403/ Rabbi probed for circumcised infants' herpes], nbcnews.com, 2 February 2005 Retrieved 2 February 2015</ref> <ref>Distel R, Hofer V, Bogger-Goren S, Shalit I, Garty BZ. "Primary genital herpes simplex infection associated with Jewish ritual circumcision". ''Isr Med Assoc J'' 2003;5:893–4, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14689764</ref> <ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23680909Penile herpes simplex virus type 1 infection presenting two and a half years after Jewish ritual circumcision of an infant]. ''Sex Transm Dis''. 2013 Jun;40(6):516-7. </ref> The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning in 2012 about the health implications of this practice, citing 11 cases of neonatal HSV and two recorded fatalities.<ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6122a2.htm CDC: Neonatal HSV Infection from Circumcision-Related Orogenital Suction] Baum SG: ''Morb Mortal Wkly Rep'' 2012 Jun 8; 61: see page 405–409. Retrieved 2 February 2015.</ref>
 
A 2013 review of cases of neonatal [[Herpes simplex virus|HSV]] infections in Israel identified ritual circumcision as the source of HSV-1 transmission in 31.8% of the cases.<ref>Amir Koren, ''et al''. [http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/files/herpes-simplex-neonates-israel-7-cases-8-years-koren_nhsv_infections_israel_pid_2013.pdf (PDF) Neonatal Herpes Simplex virus infections in Israel] ''Pediatr Infect Dis J''. 2013 32:120-123 Retrieved 2 February 2015.</ref>
 
A 2013 review of cases of neonatal [[Herpes simplex virus|HSV]] infections in Israel identified ritual circumcision as the source of HSV-1 transmission in 31.8% of the cases.<ref>Amir Koren, ''et al''. [http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/files/herpes-simplex-neonates-israel-7-cases-8-years-koren_nhsv_infections_israel_pid_2013.pdf (PDF) Neonatal Herpes Simplex virus infections in Israel] ''Pediatr Infect Dis J''. 2013 32:120-123 Retrieved 2 February 2015.</ref>
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From the English Wikipedia:

A mohel (Hebrew מוֹהֵל moˈhel, Ashkenazi pronunciation ˈmɔɪ.əl, plural: מוֹהֲלִים mohalim mo.haˈlim, מוֹהֲלָא mohala, "circumciser") is a Jewish person trained in the practice of brit milah, the "covenant of circumcision."

Under Jewish law, a mohel must draw blood from the circumcision wound. Most mohels do it by hand with a suction device, but some Orthodox groups use their mouth to draw blood after cutting the foreskin.[1] [2] [3] [4] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning in 2012 about the health implications of this practice, citing 11 cases of neonatal HSV and two recorded fatalities.[5] A 2013 review of cases of neonatal HSV infections in Israel identified ritual circumcision as the source of HSV-1 transmission in 31.8% of the cases.[6]

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is associated with ritual circumcision by a mohel.[7]

References

  1. Hartog, Kelly. Death spotlights old circumcision rite, JewishJournal.com, 17 February 2005 Retrieved 2 February 2015
  2. Rabbi probed for circumcised infants' herpes, nbcnews.com, 2 February 2005 Retrieved 2 February 2015
  3. Distel R, Hofer V, Bogger-Goren S, Shalit I, Garty BZ. "Primary genital herpes simplex infection associated with Jewish ritual circumcision". Isr Med Assoc J 2003;5:893–4, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14689764
  4. herpes simplex virus type 1 infection presenting two and a half years after Jewish ritual circumcision of an infant. Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Jun;40(6):516-7.
  5. CDC: Neonatal HSV Infection from Circumcision-Related Orogenital Suction Baum SG: Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2012 Jun 8; 61: see page 405–409. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  6. Amir Koren, et al. (PDF) Neonatal Herpes Simplex virus infections in Israel Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 32:120-123 Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  7. REFjournal Prais, D, Shoov-Furman, R, Amir, J. Is circumcision a risk factor for neonatal urinary tract infections?. Arch Dis Child. 2008; 94(3): 191-4. PMID. DOI. Retrieved 24 October 2019.