RT Book, Section
A1 Mitchell, Michelle L.
A1 Murray, Pamela J.
A2 Shah, Samir S.
A2 Kemper, Alex R.
A2 Ratner, Adam J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1157322597
T1 Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents
T2 Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, 2e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861536
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1157322597
RD 2024/04/25
AB Sexually  transmitted  infections  (STIs)  are  common  in  adolescents  and  young  adults;  they  are  diagnosed  with  a  disproportionate  number  of  cases,  and  harbor  much  undiagnosed  disease.  Individuals  aged  15–24  years  make  up  one-fourth  of  sexually  active  individuals  in  the  United  States,  yet  acquired  46.6%  of  all  gonorrhea  and  63.1%  of  chlamydial  infections  in  2016.1  Less  than  10%  of  high  school  students  have  ever  been  tested  for  human  immunodeficiency  virus  (HIV)  infection.2