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|DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2008.144063
|accessdate=2019-10-24
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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
|date=2005-02-02
|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 |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
|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 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
|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
}}</ref>
[[Urinary tract infection ]] (UTI) is associated with ritual circumcision by a ''mohel''.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Prais Amir |firstinit=D.J |author-linketal=yes |last2url=Shoovhttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-Furmanabstract/513140 |first2title=R.Circumcision and Urinary Tract Infections in Infants |author2-linkjournal=Am J Dis Child |last3date=Amir1986 |first3volume=J.140 |author3-linkpage=1092}}</ref> Four New York baby boys have contracted ''herpes'' from the ''mohel'' in six months.<ref>{{REFnews |etaltitle=no4 NY babies get herpes from Jewish circumcision rite in past 6 months |titleurl=Is https://www.timesofisrael.com/4-ny-babies-get-herpes-from-jewish-circumcision a risk factor for neonatal urinary tract infections-rite-in-past-6-months/?fbclid=IwAR0Q8OYtpB_YUekqB2yktzIUlwc4DdceAnQQ2-SR8aKz71lFYtWCsWCjsck |journallast=Arch Dis ChildOster |locationfirst=Marcy |datecoauthors=2008 |volumepublisher=94The Times of Israel |issuewebsite=3 |pagesdate=1912020-402-20 |urlaccessdate=https://adc.bmj.com/content/94/3/191.abstract2020-04-12
|quote=
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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]]