Infectious complications with herpes virus after ritual Jewish circumcision: A historical and cultural analysis

Harefuah

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-132

  Gesundheit, Benjamin ^a   Greenberg, David ^b   Walfish, Shlomo ^b   Dagan, Ron ^b   Koren, Gideon ^c   Malkin, David ^c   Tendeler, Moshe David ^d  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Herpesvirus simplex; Jewish ritual circumcision; Metzitzah; Neonatal infection; Religion and modern medicine

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; NEWBORN INFECTION; RELIGION; REVIEW; ARTICLE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; JUDAISM; MALE;

EID: 25644443965     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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