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More Scots children get STDs

The number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases among children has risen in the past four years.

The number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases among children has risen in the past four years.

Chlamydia, an infection which can damage female reproductive organs, increased among 10 to 15-year-olds from 249 to 318 cases between 2004 and 2008.