A first of its kind study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that at least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease -- which comes to more than 3 million teens between the ages of 14 to 19.

Teens were tested for four infections: human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can cause cervical cancer and affected the highest number of girls studied at 18 percent; chlamydia, which affected 4 percent; trichomoniasis, 2.5 percent; and herpes simplex virus, 2 percent.

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