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|DOI= 10.1097/00006454-200003000-00025
|accessdate=2022-02-13
}}</ref> Gesundheit et al. (2004) reported eight cases of HSV infection following ritual circumcision with oral suction. One infant developed HSV encephalitis with neurologic sequelae (long-term brain damage manifested byseizures and infantile spasms). Four had recurrent episodes. Six were treated with intravenous intravenous acyclovir. Infant with recurrent HSV infection were treated with oral acyclovir. Four mohels tested positive for HSV.<ref name="gesundheit2004">{{REFjournal |last=Gesundheit |first=Benjamin |init= |author-link= |last2=Grisaru-Soen |first2=Galia |init2= |author2-link= |last3=Greenberg, |first3=David |init3= |author3-link= |etal=no |title=Neonatal genital herpes simplex virus type 1 infection after Jewish ritual circumcision: modern medicine and religious tradition |trans-title= |language= |journal=Pediatrics |location= |date=2004-08 |volume=114 |issue=2 |article= |page= |pages=e259-63 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin-Petric/publication/8424332_Neonatal_Genital_Herpes_Simplex_Virus_Type_1_Infection_After_Jewish_Ritual_Circumcision_Modern_Medicine_and_Religious_Tradition/links/0c9605241c92212acb000000/Neonatal-Genital-Herpes-Simplex-Virus-Type-1-Infection-After-Jewish-Ritual-Circumcision-Modern-Medicine-and-Religious-Tradition.pdf |archived= |quote=The cultural process of replacing ancientcustoms by modern wound care has to be encouraged by a heightened awareness of this potentially life-threatening medical complication. |pubmedID=15286266 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1542/peds.114.2.e259 |accessdate=2022-02-13}}</ref> One death and brain damage in another has occurred.<ref name="frieden2005">{{REFdocument
|title=An open letter to the Jewish Community from the New York City Health Commissioner
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214110055/http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/std/std-bris-commishletter.pdf