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03-11-2008, 09:55 PM
The first national study of four common sexually transmitted diseases (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/venerealdiseases/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier) among girls and young women has found that one in four are infected with at least one of the diseases, federal health officials reported Tuesday.
Nearly half the African-Americans in the study of teenagers ages 14 to 19 were infected with at least one of the diseases monitored in the study — human papillomavirus (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/humanpapillomavirushpv/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier) (HPV (http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/genital-warts/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier)), chlamydia (http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/chlamydia/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier), genital herpes (http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/genital-herpes/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier) and trichomoniasis (http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/trichomoniasis/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier), a common parasite.
The 50 percent figure compared with 20 percent of white teenagers, health officials and researchers said at a news conference at a scientific meeting in Chicago.
The two most common sexually transmitted diseases, or S.T.D.’s, among all the participants tested were HPV, at 18 percent, and chlamydia, at 4 percent, according to the analysis, part of the National Health and Nutrition (http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/specialtopic/food-guide-pyramid/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier) Examination Survey.
Full Article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/science/12std.html?ref=research
Nearly half the African-Americans in the study of teenagers ages 14 to 19 were infected with at least one of the diseases monitored in the study — human papillomavirus (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/humanpapillomavirushpv/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier) (HPV (http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/genital-warts/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier)), chlamydia (http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/chlamydia/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier), genital herpes (http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/genital-herpes/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier) and trichomoniasis (http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/trichomoniasis/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier), a common parasite.
The 50 percent figure compared with 20 percent of white teenagers, health officials and researchers said at a news conference at a scientific meeting in Chicago.
The two most common sexually transmitted diseases, or S.T.D.’s, among all the participants tested were HPV, at 18 percent, and chlamydia, at 4 percent, according to the analysis, part of the National Health and Nutrition (http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/specialtopic/food-guide-pyramid/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier) Examination Survey.
Full Article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/science/12std.html?ref=research