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Sex infections still rising, especially in teens

Posted Nov 22, 2009, updated Nov 22, 2009.

WASHINGTON - Sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008. Girls, ages 15 through 19, had the largest reported number of chlamydia and gonorrhea cases, accounting for more than one in four of those cases.

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