High prevalence of abnormal Pap smears among young women co-infected with HIV in rural South Africa – implications for cervical cancer screening policies in high HIV prevalence populations

1. Shisana O Rehle T, Simbahi L, et al. South African National HIV Prevalence, HIV Incidence, Behaviour and Communication Survey, 2005. Cape Town, HSRC Press, 2005. 2. Shisana O, Hall EJ, Maluleke R, Chauveau J, Schwabe C. HIV/AIDS prevalence among South African health workers. S Afr Med J 2004; 94: 846-850. 3. Auvert B, Males S, Puren A, Taljaard D, Carael M, Williams B. Can highly active antiretroviral therapy reduce the spread of HIV? A study in a township of South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2004; 36(1): 613-621. 4. Shisana O, Peltzer K, Zungu-Dirwahi N, et al. The Health of our Educators: A Focus on HIV/ AIDS in South African Public Schools, 2004/5 Survey. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, 2005. 5. Rehle T, Shisana O. Estimates of eligibility for antiretroviral treatment (ART) and projected ART impact on AIDS mortality among South African educators. Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS 2006; 2(3): 304-310. 6. Evian C, Fox M, MacLeod W, Slotow SJ, Rosen S. Prevalence of HIV in workforces in southern Africa, 2000-2001. S Afr Med J 2004; 94: 125-130. 7. Wilkinson D, Gilks CF. Increasing frequency of tuberculosis among staff in a South African district hospital: impact of the HIV epidemic on the supply side of health care. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1998; 92(5): 500-502. 8. World Health Organization. WHO Case Definitions of HIV for Surveillance and Revised Clinical Staging and Immunological Classification of HIV-Related Disease in Adults and Children. Geneva: WHO, 2006: 1-48. 9. Department of Health, Republic of South Africa. National Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines. Pretoria: DOH, 2004: 1-56. 10. Department of Health, Republic of South Africa. A National Human Resource Plan for Health. Pretoria: DOH, 2006: 1-72.