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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. [ |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 2 February -02-02 |accessdate=2015-02-02}}</ref> <ref>{{REFjournal |last=Distel |first=R, . |last2=Hofer |first2=V, . |last3=Bogger-Goren |first3=S, . |last4=Shalit |first4=I, . |last5=Garty BZ |first5=B. "Z. |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/23680909Penile 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 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 SG: '' |first=S.G. |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 |first=Amir |last=Koren, ''et al''. [ |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>

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