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==Herpes simplex virus infection==
More recently reports of infant boys being infected with [[herpes]] simplex virus have come from the [[United States]] and [[Israel]].
===United States===
|DOI= 10.1097/00006454-200003000-00025
|accessdate=2022-02-13
}}</ref> Gesundheit et al. (2004) reported eight cases of HSV infection following [[Brit Milah| ritual circumcision ]] with oral suction. One infant developed HSV encephalitis with neurologic sequelae (long-term brain damage manifested by
seizures and infantile spasms). Four had recurrent episodes. Six were treated with intravenous intravenous acyclovir. Infants with recurrent HSV infection were treated with oral acyclovir. Four mohels tested positive for HSV.<ref name="gesundheit2004">{{REFjournal
|last=Gesundheit
}}</ref>
===[[Israel]] ===Distel et al. (2003) reported a case of herpes simplex infection after ritual circumcision in [[Israel]].<ref name="distel2003">{{REFjournal
|last=Distel
|first=Rotem
|DOI=
|accessdate=2022-02-13
}}</ref> Koren et al. (2013) surveyed births in [[Israel ]] over an eight year period. Twenty-two cases of neonatal herpes simplex virus (NHSV) infection were found. One boy died.<ref name="koren2013">{{REFjournal
|last=Koren
|first=Amir
|author3-link=
|etal=yes
|title=Neonatal herpes simplex virus infections in Israel.
|journal=Pediatr Infect Dis J
|location=
* [[Brit Milah]]
* [[Infection]]
* [[Israel}}
* [[Metzitzah b'peh]]
[[Category:Mohel]]
[[Category:Religion]]
[[de:Penis-Herpes-simplex-Virus-Typ-1-Infektion (nach jüdischer ritueller Beschneidung)]]