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The ancient practice (called ''Metzitzah b'peh'') infects baby boys with herpes.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Distel
|first=R.
|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
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* [[Metzitzah b'peh]]
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