Abstract

RODRIGUEZ BETANCOURT, Marco; CEDENO DONET, Marisel; PERAZA MORELLE, Dayamí  and  PERAZA MORELLE, Reina. Sexually transmitted infections in adolescents: in Céspedes municipality. AMC [online]. 2004, vol.8, n.6, pp. 103-110. ISSN 1025-0255.

A descriptive, cross-sectional study about sexually transmitted infections behavior in adolescents of this municipality was carried out, from January 2000 to September 2002; for the performance of it, epidemiologic surveys of the department of control of transmissible disease were used. Thirthy-four patients out of 80 were adolescents (42, 5 %), the 58, 8 % belonged to feminine sex, 26, 4 % were 17 years old, but 17, 7 % were 12 to 14 years; the total of them began their  sexual relationship before 14, 35, 3 % sufferred blenorrahage with significance (P=0.003), Human Papiloma Virus with 20, 6 %. There was a prevalence of feminine sex over masculine, 17 years old was the most frequent. The early sexual beginning was seen in all patients, blenorrahage and viral infections were the most frequent.

Keywords : SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; ADOLESCENCE.

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