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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>{{REFjournal |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], |journal=JewishJournal.com, |date=2005-02-17 February 2005 Retrieved 2 February |accessdate=2015-02-02}}</ref><ref>[{{REFweb |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6898403/ |title=Rabbi probed for circumcised infants' herpes], |publisher=nbcnews.com, 2 February |date=2005 Retrieved -02-02 |accessdate=2015-02-02}}</ref> Holt (1913) reported tubercular ''mohels'' were transmitting tuberculosis to infant boys.<ref name="holt1913">{{REFjournal |last=Holt |init=LE |author-link=L. Emmett Holt |title=Tuberculosis acquired through ritual circumcision |journal=JAMA |date=1913-07-12 |volume=61 |issue=2 February 2015 |pages=99-102 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/holt1/ |DOI=10.1001/jama.1913.0435002002501 |accessdate=2019-10-28}}</ref> The ancient practice (called ''[[Metzitzah b'peh]]'') infects baby boys with herpes.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Distel |init=R, |last2=Hofer |init2=V, |last3=Bogger-Goren |init3=S, |last4=Shalit |init4=I, |last5=Garty |init5=BZ. " |title=Primary genital herpes simplex infection associated with Jewish ritual circumcision". |journal=Isr Med Assoc J |date=2003; |volume=5:893–4, |pages=893–894 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14689764 |pubmedID=14689764 |accessdate=2019-10-25}}</ref><ref>"{{REFjournal |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23680909 |title=Penile herpes simplex virus type 1 infection presenting two and a half years after Jewish ritual circumcision of an infant". |journal=Sex Transm Dis. |date=2013 Jun; |volume=40( |issue=6): |pages=516-7 517 |accessdate=2019-10-25}}</ref> The [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nihcdc.gov/pubmed/23680909</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>[{{REFjournal |url=http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6122a2.htm CDC: |title=Neonatal HSV Herpes Simplex Virus Infection from Circumcision-Related Following Jewish Ritual Circumcisions that Included Direct Orogenital Suction] — New York City, 2000–2011 |publisher=CDC |last=Baum |init=SG: |journal=Morb Mortal Wkly Rep |date=2012 Jun 8; -06-08 |volume=61: see page |pages=405–409 Retrieved 2 February 2015 |accessdate=2019-10-25}}</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>{{REFjournal |last=Koren |first=Amir Koren, et al. [ |init=A |etal=yes |url=http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/files/herpes-simplex-neonates-israel-7-cases-8-years-koren_nhsv_infections_israel_pid_2013.pdf ( |format=PDF) |title=Neonatal Herpes Simplex virus infections in Israel] |journal=Pediatr Infect Dis. J |date=2013 |volume=32: |pages=120-123 Retrieved 2 February 2015 |accessdate=2019-10-25}}</ref> [[Urinary tract infection]] (UTI) is associated with ritual circumcision by a ''mohel''.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Amir |init=J |etal=yes |url=https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/513140 |title=Circumcision and Urinary Tract Infections in Infants |journal=Am J Dis Child |date=1986 |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>