Professor Angus Nicoll, director of the Health Protection Agency's communicable disease surveillance centre, which released the statistics, said this was not because girls were more promiscuous, but that they were better at accessing clinics. He said it was also a sign of sexual behaviour, as one man could infect a large number of women.
- www.hpa.org.uk/hpa/publications/ann_rep_2004.htm
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