Original sentence: Needle-sharing injection drug users, in prostitution or not, carry very high rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV compared to the general population
Edited sentence: Although people working as prostitutes are not regularly studied as a group by the CDC or other recognized institutions, what little has been done on the subject suggests that women in prostitution have either HIV rates similar to the population or lower.Nevertheless, needle-sharing injection drug users, in prostitution or not, carry very high rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV compared to the general population