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NORWEGIAN RESEARCHERS FIND VIRUS THAT CAUSES TEEN PREGNANCY
August 13 2011
Oslo, Norway – Researchers in Norway have uncovered a virus that apparently causes spontaneous outbreaks of pregnancy amongst teenagers. While it is believed that the transmission of the virus is limited in range, the finding may finally put an end to the centuries long issue that has afflicted all societies.
Because of the limited potency of the virus, it is believed that close habitation is required for transmission, resulting in multiple births amongst siblings. As yet, no medical cure or treatment for the virus has been developed but researchers believe this may be the first step to solving the problem.
“Sisters generally spend more time together than schoolmates or friends and so sisters are likely to be influenced by the behaviour of their siblings,” said one researcher. “Social and economic deprivation and poor education all impact hugely onto it and we already know that being the daughter of a teenage mother is one of the contributing risk factors towards teenage pregnancy.”
Researchers also believe that risky behaviours, possibly transmitted from sibling to sibling, may contribute to increase in pregnancy. Most of those risk factors revolve around short dresses and beer.
“Teen pregnancy has always been an issue, and a much bigger one than it has been in recent years. Still, any step towards reducing the frequency of such events is a good thing and the discovery of this virus will help affect a solution that will change a lot of lives,” said Scrape TV Medical analyst Dr. Phillip Waites. “It has long been believed that the frequency of teen pregnancy was peer related, tied to behavioural concerns and not physical afflictions but this research has proven the exact opposite, but of course changing behaviour will still play a part.”
In Norway, young girls are taught to keep their legs crossed as much as possible.
“As is the case with many disease, belief and superstition will still play a major role in the way people behave. Inevitably, parents are still going to blame their children for their babies even now that this virus has been found,” continued Waites. “If we are able to treat the disease properly, and if we can teach people to reduce the types of behaviours which increase the risk of transmission, we can certainly reduce the incidents and that is a good thing.”
It’s not clear how many young girls may be carriers of the virus, or if it can be transmitted from teenage males.
“We will have to see the path of the virus. It is possible that boys are the carriers and that they are passing the virus onto girls, from which it will spread. That is something that require research but in the short term it might be a good idea to keep young boys away from young girls just in case that has an impact,” continued Waites. “Intersexual transmission is common when it comes to STD’s. Obviously, we can’t see the symptoms in males and that makes things difficult. The best thing is probably to not allow teen girls to stay in close proximity to young boys to best reduce the possibility of transmission.”
It’s believed that the virus exists in every country in the world, mostly in high schools.
Lauren Hebert, Health Correspondent
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