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Published: March 11, 2008

CDC study says at least 1 in 4 teen girls has a sexually transmitted disease; HPV most common

By Lindsey Tanner

CHICAGO -- At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.

A virus that causes cervical cancer is by far the most common sexually transmitted infection in teen girls aged 14 to 19, while the highest overall prevalence is among black girls — nearly half the blacks studied had at least one S...

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