Sex During Adolescence Doesn't Predict Future HPV Infection

 07.07.2008 06:17   medicalnewstoday.com

Predicting a child's future is a near impossible task - today's straight-A student may not become tomorrow's doctor, and the school-yard bully may actually grow up to become a member of the Peace Corps. So why should an adolescent's sexual behavior- or lack thereof - determine whether or not she gets vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, to protect against future HPV infection? It shouldn't, say researchers at the University of Michigan C.S.

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