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|last=Hartog
|first=Kelly
|init=K
|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/community_briefs/article/death_spotlights_old_circumcision_rite_20050218
|title=Death spotlights old circumcision rite
Holt (1913) reported tubercular ''mohels'' were transmitting tuberculosis to infant boys.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Holt
|firstinit=L.E.LE
|author-link=
|title=Tuberculosis acquired through ritual circumcision
The ancient practice (called ''[[Metzitzah b'peh]]'') infects baby boys with herpes.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Distel
|firstinit=R.
|last2=Hofer
|first2init2=V.
|last3=Bogger-Goren
|first3init3=S.
|last4=Shalit
|first4init4=I.
|last5=Garty
|first5init5=B.Z.BZ
|title=Primary genital herpes simplex infection associated with Jewish ritual circumcision
|journal=Isr Med Assoc J
|publisher=CDC
|last=Baum
|firstinit=S.G.SG
|journal=Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
|date=2012-06-08
A 2013 review of cases of neonatal [[Herpes]] infections in Israel identified ritual circumcision as the source of HSV-1 transmission in 31.8% of the cases.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Koren
|first=Amir
|lastinit=KorenA
|etal=yes
|url=http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/files/herpes-simplex-neonates-israel-7-cases-8-years-koren_nhsv_infections_israel_pid_2013.pdf
[[Urinary tract infection]] (UTI) is associated with ritual circumcision by a ''mohel''.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Amir
|firstinit=J.
|etal=yes
|url=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/513140