Two more infants have been infected
with a deadly herpes virus in the last three months after undergoing a
controversial religious oral circumcision in New York City.
The
latest cases bring the count to 13 infants since 2000, two of which
suffered brain damage and two died from the virus which can rapidly
spread throughout its body.
The
ultra-Orthodox Jewish practice of metzitzah b'peh requires a
practitioner to orally suck the baby's penis to 'cleanse' the open wound
following its circumcision, making them susceptible to the virus.
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