TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents and Young Adults A1 - Dowshen, Nadia A1 - Wood, Sarah A1 - Fowler, Jessica A2 - Zaoutis, Lisa B. A2 - Chiang, Vincent W. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e AB - Each year, more than 15 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are diagnosed. Almost half of these cases are in adolescents and young adults. Despite the fact that 15- to 24-year-olds make up only one quarter of the sexually active population, they carry a heavy burden of disease. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that 25.6% of adolescents contracted at least one STI within 1 year after the start of sexual activity.1 Surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal that young adults aged 20 to 24 had the highest incidence of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis, and highest prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in 2011.2 For the majority of these infections, teens aged 15 to 19 years followed closely behind in the incidence and prevalence of STIs. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146114695 ER -