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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
}}</ref>
Holt (1913) reported tuberular tubercular ''mohels'' were transmitting tuberculosis to infant boys.<refname="holt1913">{{REFjournal
|last=Holt
|firstinit=LE |author-link= |etal=noL. Emmett Holt
|title=Tuberculosis acquired through ritual circumcision
|journal=JAMA
|date=1913-07-12
|volume=61
|pages=99-102
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/holt1/
|DOI=10.1001/jama.1913.0435002002501
|accessdate=2019-10-28
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
|pages=516-517
|accessdate=2019-10-25
}}</ref> The [https://www.cdc.gov/ 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>{{REFjournal
|url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6122a2.htm
|title=Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection Following Jewish Ritual Circumcisions that Included Direct Orogenital Suction — New York City, 2000–2011
|publisher=CDC
|last=Baum
|firstinit=S.G.SG
|journal=Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
|date=2012-06-08
}}</ref>
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
|volume=140
|page=1092
}}</ref>
Four New York baby boys have contracted ''herpes'' from the ''mohel'' in six months.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=4 NY babies get herpes from Jewish circumcision rite in past 6 months
|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/4-ny-babies-get-herpes-from-jewish-circumcision-rite-in-past-6-months/?fbclid=IwAR0Q8OYtpB_YUekqB2yktzIUlwc4DdceAnQQ2-SR8aKz71lFYtWCsWCjsck
|last=Oster
|first=Marcy
|coauthors=
|publisher=The Times of Israel
|website=
|date=2020-02-20
|accessdate=2020-04-12
|quote=
}}</ref>
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==Pain==
[[EMLA]] cream topical anesthetic may be purchased without a prescription. [[EMLA]] is almost completely ineffective against the [[pain]] of circumcision,<ref name="lander1997">{{LanderJ etal 1997}}</ref> however it reputedly is popular with ''mohelim''.
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Abrahamic covenant]]* [[Brit Milah]]
* [[Metzitzah b'peh]]
* [[Yitzhok Fischer]]
{{REF}}
[[Category:Jewish]]
[[Category:Mohel]]