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All Girls Should be Vaccinated Against Sexually-transmitted Virus

A new study in the journal Pediatrics indicates that human papillomavirus is so common that all girls ages 11 to 25 years old should be vaccinated against it, regardless of their sexual experience.

The virus is sexually transmitted. Some varieties lead to genital warts or cervical cancer, although the virus usually goes away on its own. Many parents of young adolescent girls are reluctant to have their daughters vaccinated because the girls are not sexually active.

Researchers at the University of Michigan studied the sexual behaviors of 3,180 adolescent girls and found no links between being infected and the number of sexual partners, their usage of drug, alcohol and cigarettes or having sex while intoxicated.

Author Dr. Amanda Dempsey said, "You really can't pick out one or two behaviors that predict if you've been exposed to HPV. It is just so common and so easily transmitted from person to person that it doesn't take more than one partner to get exposed."



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