CD4 and cervicitis: Previous studies have shown that in some women, the stage of clinical immunosuppression during HIV infection does not associate with stage of cervical disease or ICC.[35] Equally, high CD4 count and antiretroviral therapy do not appear to prevent HPV infection and cervical disease development.[6,35] Consequently, the relationship between absolute CD4 count, CD4 percentage, HPV infection and stage of cervical disease in the HIV-1-positive women group was examined in the group of HIV-1-positive women in this study.