About 4 percent of cases in the United States are thought to have been transmitted by heterosexual sex.

Does this mean anyone who has had hepatitis is at risk during heterosexual sex?

The epidemic in China is now spreading through heterosexual sex.

It has not spread widely in the general population through heterosexual sex.

Over the last twelve months, the number of cases transmitted through heterosexual sex has almost doubled.

Another 10 percent involved men and women who were exposed through heterosexual sex.

In Africa, the virus is largely transmitted by heterosexual sex.

Transmission through heterosexual sex, particularly among black women, has also risen significantly.

The age of consent for both heterosexual and homosexual sex is 18.

This was higher than the age of 16 applying to heterosexual sex.