One in ten girls has sexually-transmitted virus HPV by 16, study suggests - The Times 20th September 2007

One in ten teenage girls has been infected by the age of 16 with a sexually transmitted virus linked to cancer, official figures suggest. A study by the Health Protection Agency estimates that at least 10 per cent of young women in England have caught one or more strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) by the age of 16. The authors say that there is also a substantial risk of girls having an infection by 14, prompting calls for children to be vaccinated against the virus before they become sexually active.

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