From:
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/hiv-infection-among-heterosexuals-on-rise-1300351.html
HIV infection among heterosexuals on rise
By Eilish O'Regan
Wednesday February 27 2008
The rate of HIV infection among heterosexuals is on the rise, with 51 women among those newly diagnosed in the first half of last year, writes Eilish O'Regan.
HIV figures for the first six months of 2007 saw the number of newly diagnosed cases of the virus jump nationally by 21pc.
There were 204 newly diagnosed HIV infections reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre for the half-year compared to 337 cases for the entire year of 2006.
Of the 204 newly diagnosed cases, the route of transmission was known for 150 cases and 53pc of these were acquired through heterosexual contact, 23pc were among injecting drug users and 21pc from male-to-male sexual contact.