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"Alarming" STD Rates Found in Teenaged Girls

Tracy Hampton, PhD

JAMA. 2008;299(16):1888-1889.

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Chicago—A quarter of teenaged girls have a sexually transmitted disease (STD), and addressing this problem is hindered by a lack of STD screening in contraceptive services for teens and young women, according to reports presented at the 2008 National STD Prevention Conference held here in March.

Experts are calling for better screening of sexually transmitted diseases in teenaged girls. Photo credit: Will and Deni McIntyre/www.sciencesource.com

However, some investigators offered encouraging findings from innovative programs in schools and other settings that screen for STDs, offer treatments, and identify those most at risk for these infections.

"This conference comes at a time of real opportunity for reducing STDs in the United States," said Kevin Fenton, MD, PhD, director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

HIGH STD PREVALENCE

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