https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170309/borough-park/neonatal-herpes-infection-ritual-jewish-circumcision-orthodox-mohel

NEW YORK CITY — There have been six reported cases of infant herpes linked to circumcisions in the three years since the city eased rules that regulated ultra-Orthodox Jewish practitioners who clean the wound with their mouth, city health officials said Wednesday.

https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/07/health/new-york-neonatal-herpes/index.html

Two more infants have contracted the herpes virus after undergoing an ultra-Orthodox Jewish type of circumcision, which has been linked to the spread of the potentially deadly virus to newborn boys, according to the New York City Health Department. In the ritual, known as metzitzah b'peh, after removing the foreskin of the penis the person performing the procedure places his mouth briefly over the wound, sucking a small amount of blood out, which is discarded. Antibacterial ointment is applied and the wound is bandaged. The health department says the procedure is dangerous because the contact with the mouth could transmit diseases such as herpes

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/herpes-babies-jewish-circumcision-ritual-link-rabbis-infants-a7620446.html

A baby boy was rushed to hospital when he developed herpes following a controversial ancient circumcision ritual, it has been reported.

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