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Prevalence of genital herpes remains high 
March 9, 2010

Nearly one in six, or 16.2%, Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 has more

Certain behavioral factors linked to parents’ perceptions of HPV vaccine 
February 12, 2010

Behavioral factors, including cigarette smoking, significantly influenced whether or not parents would allow their daughters to receive the h...... more

Sexually transmitted diseases affect one-in-four adolescent girls 
February 1, 2010

Three million U.S. girls aged 14 to 19 years are estimated to have at least one of the five most common sexually transmitted diseases, data from...... more

Repeated chlamydia infections common among young sexually active women 
December 16, 2009

There is a high incidence of repeated chlamydia infections among young sexually active women. The majority of these repeated infections wer...... more

CDC: Chlamydia and gonorrhea remain most common STDs in United States  
December 1, 2009

Adolescent girls and women aged 15 to 24 years accounted for approximately half of the chlamydia cases and one–third of the gonorrhea ca...... more

Bivalent HPV may offer longer duration of protection 
December 1, 2009

Patients who were administered the bivalent HPV had higher immune responses one year post-dose three than those administered the quadrivalent ...... more

Bivalent HPV vaccine may provide cross- protection against additional oncogenic types 
December 1, 2009

At the recent Infectious Diseases Society of America meeting, held in Philadelphia, Barbara Romanowski, MD, of the University of Alberta ...... more

Vaccine appears effective in HPV-16–positive, high-grade vulvular intraepithelial neoplasia 
November 6, 2009

A synthetic long-peptide vaccine against specific HPV-16 oncoproteins appeared to achieve clinical responses in women with HPV-16–positive, g...... more

Optimal guidelines needed for preventing neonatal herpes simplex virus 
November 5, 2009

The incidence of neonatal herpes simplex virus ranges from as low as eight cases to as high as 60 cases per 100,000 live births in the United...... more

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