Neonatal herpes simplex virus infection following jewish ritual circumcisions that included direct orogenital suction - New York City, 2000-2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 405-409

  Blank, Susan ^a   Myers, Julie E ^a   Pathela, Preeti ^a   Washburn, Kate ^a   Varma, Jay K ^a   Hadler, James L ^a   Farley, Thomas A ^a   Schillinger, Julia A ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCUMCISION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH; NEWBORN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; STATISTICS; SUCTION; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FATAL OUTCOME; GENITALIA, MALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JEWS; MALE; MOUTH; NEW YORK CITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864509238     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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