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}}</ref> He cited the latest African trials and tried to advocate circumcision as HIV prevention policy in general.

== [[Metzitzah b'peh]] herpes cases ==

== [[Metzitzah b'peh]] [[herpes]] cases ==

In 2005, a circumcision ritual practiced by some Orthodox Jews alarmed city health officials, after it led to three cases of herpes - one of them fatal.<ref name='commish-letter'/>

In 2005, a circumcision ritual practiced by some Orthodox Jews alarmed city health officials, after it led to three cases of [[herpes]] - one of them fatal.<ref name='commish-letter'/>

[[Image:Metzitzah b peh.gif]]

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{{Citation

|Title=Acknowledgement of the Problem

|Text=...there is no reasonable doubt that the practice of metzitzah b’peh (“suction by mouth”) has infected several infants in New York City with the herpes virus, including one child who died and another who has evidence of brain damage...The connection between metzitzah b’peh and neonatal herpes has been documented in the medical literature...

|Text=...there is no reasonable doubt that the practice of metzitzah b’peh (“suction by mouth”) has infected several infants in New York City with the [[herpes]] virus, including one child who died and another who has evidence of brain damage...The connection between metzitzah b’peh and neonatal [[herpes]] has been documented in the medical literature...

|Author=Thomas R. Frieden

|Source=

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{{Citation

|Title=Downplaying the Dangers of ''Metzitzah B'Peh''

|Text=With an estimated average of fewer than 30 cases of all forms of infant herpes infections occurring per year in New York City, the odds of one mohel being associated with 3 cases of

|Text=With an estimated average of fewer than 30 cases of all forms of infant [[herpes]] infections occurring per year in New York City, the odds of one mohel being associated with 3 cases of

neonatal herpes are infinitesimally small (about 6.9 million to 1)...Some religious authorities consider metzitzah b’peh the only acceptable way to draw blood away from the circumcision cut.

neonatal [[herpes]] are infinitesimally small (about 6.9 million to 1)...Some religious authorities consider metzitzah b’peh the only acceptable way to draw blood away from the circumcision cut.

|Author=Thomas R. Frieden

|Source=

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 }}</ref> He cited the latest African trials and tried to advocate circumcision as HIV prevention policy in general.
-== [[Metzitzah b'peh]] herpes cases ==
+== [[Metzitzah b'peh]] [[herpes]] cases ==
-In 2005, a circumcision ritual practiced by some Orthodox Jews alarmed city health officials, after it led to three cases of herpes - one of them fatal.<ref name='commish-letter'/>
+In 2005, a circumcision ritual practiced by some Orthodox Jews alarmed city health officials, after it led to three cases of [[herpes]] - one of them fatal.<ref name='commish-letter'/>
 [[Image:Metzitzah b peh.gif]]
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 {{Citation
   |Title=Acknowledgement of the Problem
-  |Text=...there is no reasonable doubt that the practice of metzitzah b’peh (“suction by mouth”) has infected several infants in New York City with the herpes virus, including one child who died and another who has evidence of brain damage...The connection between metzitzah b’peh and neonatal herpes has been documented in the medical literature...
+  |Text=...there is no reasonable doubt that the practice of metzitzah b’peh (“suction by mouth”) has infected several infants in New York City with the [[herpes]] virus, including one child who died and another who has evidence of brain damage...The connection between metzitzah b’peh and neonatal [[herpes]] has been documented in the medical literature...
   |Author=Thomas R. Frieden
   |Source=
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 {{Citation
   |Title=Downplaying the Dangers of ''Metzitzah B'Peh''
-  |Text=With an estimated average of fewer than 30 cases of all forms of infant herpes infections occurring per year in New York City, the odds of one mohel being associated with 3 cases of
+  |Text=With an estimated average of fewer than 30 cases of all forms of infant [[herpes]] infections occurring per year in New York City, the odds of one mohel being associated with 3 cases of
-neonatal herpes are infinitesimally small (about 6.9 million to 1)...Some religious authorities consider metzitzah b’peh the only acceptable way to draw blood away from the circumcision cut.
+neonatal [[herpes]] are infinitesimally small (about 6.9 million to 1)...Some religious authorities consider metzitzah b’peh the only acceptable way to draw blood away from the circumcision cut.
   |Author=Thomas R. Frieden
   |Source=