Late developers at higher risk of sexual infection

People that develop later in life could be more vulnerable to high-risk sexually transmitted diseases, according to new research. As the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk reports, the risk of being infected seems to be more closely linked to the age a person reaches sexual maturity than starting to have sex when young. According to researchers from the University of Manchester http://www.man.ac.uk , girls who mature early may be protected to some extent by their hormones. The results of the research are published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.