The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 269 No 7219 p518
12 October 2002

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Under-age sex and STI risk

Girls under 16 years of age attending a London genitourinary clinic with a suspected sexually transmitted infection (STI) were found to be three times more likely to have an STI compared with other women (Sexually Transmitted Infections 2002;78:349).

Researchers analysed the profile of attendees at the clinic over two separate months and found almost two-thirds of girls aged 12–16 years had an STI and were three times more likely to have gonorrhoea and chlamydia compared with other female clinic users.