RT Book, Section
A1 Dowshen, Nadia
A1 Wood, Sarah
A1 Fowler, Jessica
A2 Zaoutis, Lisa B.
A2 Chiang, Vincent W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146114695
T1 Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents and Young Adults
T2 Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071829281
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146114695
RD 2024/04/23
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.