Figure 1

Patients flow according to HIV status in the IeDEA West Africa cervical screening project in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 2009-2010.*Women excluded for at least one of the following criteria: history of cervical cancer or total hysterectomy, aged < 25 or > 65 years, pregnancy > 20 weeks or refusal to participate in the present study †Normal VI Counselled for control at 1 year ∫ Inflammatory lesions referred for other VI tests at 3 weeks ǂ Women addressed to the medical consultation who did not show-up and who could not be contacted after a maximum of three attempts (one per week) were considered as loss to follow-up. Abbreviations: ICC Invasive Cervical Cancer, CIN cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, SCJ squamocolumnar junction, VI visual inspection, VIA visual inspection with acetic acid, VILI visual inspection with Lugol iodine, LTFU loss to follow-up.