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Risk factors for sexually transmitted infections in adolescence
| • Unsafe sex |
| • Multiple, sequential sexual partners |
| • Concurrent partners |
| • Mental health problems |
| • Concurrent substance misuse |
| • Physiological immaturity (chlamydia seems to easily infect the immature cervix, making teenage girls more susceptible to infection than adults) |
