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8.6 odds_ratioBladder wall thickening > 5mm correlated significantly with high-intensity infection with a crude odds ratio of 8.6.

Gabonschistosomiasepublished 2025PLoS neglected tropical diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

2.12 aORChildren aged 5–14 years had an adjusted odds ratio of 2.12 for any STH infection compared to children aged 1–4 years in Bata district.

Gabonsoil-transmitted helminthsobserved 2020-2021published 2023PLoS neglected tropical diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

97.7 %The prevalence of helminth infections was 97.7% (127 out of 130) among dogs in Mazandaran Province, Iran, from August 2017 to April 2018.

Gabonhelminth infectionsobserved August 2017 to April 2018published 2020Veterinary worldeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

7.69 %Among 70 malaria-positive patient samples screened for polymorphism in Libreville, Gabon, the alternative alanine/phenylalanine mutation at SA/F in Pfdhps occurred in 7.69% (n = 5) of samples.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2023Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 11 observations

460,000 cases_per_yearGabon is a high-transmission malaria country with more than 460,000 malaria cases per year.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2021Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapyeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

5 participantsTwelve weeks following immunization, 5 out of 5 participants receiving placebo developed parasitemia after controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) using the Pf7G8 strain.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2021Nature communicationsPubMeddocument of 4 observations

22 patientsStudies carried out between January 1989 and December 1999 on a population of 22 adolescents with sickle cell (SS) showed that femoral head complications impact the lifestyle of the sickle cell child.

Gabondrépanocytoseobserved January 1989 to December 1999HAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

31.5 %Malaria prevalence in Franceville was 31.5% in 2021.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2021published 2022BMC Public HealthOpenAlexdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12889-022-14765-7

167 patientsAmong 305 surveyed patients with COVID-19, 167 (55%) were on co-medications that did not prohibit but posed a risk of adverse interactions with hydroxychloroquine.

GabonCOVID-19published 2021International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the InternatPubMeddocument of 8 observations

7.2 %Among 1389 deliveries at the Foundation Jeanne Ebori mother-child university hospital (CHUME-FJE) in Libreville from 2022 to 2023, 100 had a birth weight above the 90th percentile, corresponding to a frequency of 7.2%.

Gabonfetal macrosomiaobserved 2022 to 2023published 2025Open Journal of PediatricsOpenAlexdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.4236/ojped.2025.154057

13.3 %Plasmodium spp. was detected in 13.3% of afebrile children (8 out of 60) in Gabon.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2016The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 9 observations

2.6 alleles_per_infectionThe multiplicity of infections (MOI) of the whole population was 2.6.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2019Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12936-019-2972-y

0.012 p_valueAbsolute eosinophil counts were associated with extent of microfilaremia with p-adj. = 0.012 and ß-estimate: 0.17 [0.04–0.31].

Gabonmicrofilaremiapublished 2022PLoS neglected tropical diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010793

3 %Five isolates out of 146 S. aureus isolates were methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), corresponding to 3%.

Gabonmethicillin-resistant S. aureus · Staphylococcus aureuspublished 2012Acta tropicaeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

0 %The prevalence of pfhrp3 single deletions was 0% in Gabon.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2023Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)europe_pmcdocument of 9 observationsDOI 10.3390/pathogens12030455

7.94 %Among 70 malaria-positive patient samples screened for polymorphism in Libreville, Gabon, the quintuple IRNI-(A/F)GKAA mutation in Pfdhfr-Pfdhps combination occurred in 7.94% of samples.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2023Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 11 observations

37 %A cross sectional malaria survey in 840 asymptomatic individuals residing in Tsamba Magotsi resulted in a Plasmodium spp. infection prevalence of 37%.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2017BMC public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

4 %The prevalence of HIV among pregnant women in Franceville, Gabon was 4.00%.

GabonVIH/sidaobserved 2007–2010published 2017BMC pregnancy and childbirthPubMeddocument of 11 observations

63.6 %Of 11 patients in continuous care, 7 (63.6%) significantly improved clinically and bacteriologically.

Gabonmultidrug-resistant tuberculosispublished 2019Infectioneurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1007/s15010-019-01314-5

All adverse events were of mild-to-moderate severity.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2023Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 13 observations

60.9 %The 184F Pfmdr1 genotype prevalence was 60.9% in symptomatic infections and 80.6% in asymptomatic infections.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2021Infection and drug resistanceeurope_pmcdocument of 10 observationsDOI 10.2147/idr.s304361

57.4 %Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-encoding genes were present in 57.4% of disease-related Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Lambaréné, Gabon.

GabonStaphylococcus aureusobserved 2008 to 2010published 2011Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of europe_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03534.x

81 %36 (81%) children with sickle cell disease, ranging from kindergarten to university, are enrolled in school.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

46 %One-hundred-and-four (46%) of the tuberculosis patients had at least one of dyslipidaemia, hypertension, diabetes, or obesity in Moyen Ogooué Province, Gabon.

Gabondiabète (non précisé) · dyslipidemia · hypertension artérielle · obésité · tuberculoseobserved 2018 to 2020published 2022EClinicalMedicineeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

2 casesAs of 29 September 2024, Gabon had identified and tested 15 suspected mpox cases, of which two tested positive.

Gabonmpoxobserved 29 September 2024Africa CDCdocument of 147 observations