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75.4 %Cerebral malaria was the most frequent form of severe malaria, with 101 cases representing 75.4% of the 134 included children.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2018–2019published 2022Frontiers in Tropical DiseasesOpenAlexdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.3389/fitd.2022.985890

73 %The praziquantel plus placebo-treated group attained a cure rate of 73%.

Gabonschistosomiasepublished 2001The Journal of Infectious DiseasesOpenAlexdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1086/324004

93.3 %qPCR showed excellent specificity of 93.3% for detection of Schistosoma haematobium.

Gabonschistosomiasepublished 2025Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)europe_pmcdocument of 6 observations

7.4 %At 27–31 weeks, 7.4% of fetuses had estimated fetal weight below the 10th percentile according to INTERGROWTH-21st standards.

Gabonfetal growth restrictionpublished 2022PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

45.2 %The qualitative adherence to antiretroviral therapy assessed by pharmacy visit compliance was 45.2%.

GabonVIH/sidapublished 2019African journal of AIDS research : AJAReurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

11 %L5 lineage strains accounted for 11% of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains isolated in Gabon between 2012 and 2022.

Gabontuberculoseobserved 2012–2022published 2025IJID regionseurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

25 %More than 25% of the HBsAg-positive population in Gabon are infected by hepatitis D virus (HDV).

Gabonhepatitis D virus (HDV)published 2018Journal of Viral HepatitisOpenAlexdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1111/jvh.12991

2.4 MOIThe multiplicity of infection (MOI) was 2.4 in urban areas in the Republic of Congo during a cross-sectional survey conducted from March to September 2021.

Gabonpaludismeobserved March to September 2021published 2023Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)europe_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.3390/pathogens12050742

5.6 %Direct mother-to-infant transmission of Staphylococcus aureus was evident in 5.6% of cases.

GabonStaphylococcus aureuspublished 2014Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of europe_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1111/1469-0691.12417

98.6 %Clinical effectiveness at day 28 was 98.6% in the per-protocol population.

Gabonacute uncomplicated malariaobserved day 28published 2021PLoS medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003669

9 %The prevalence of hookworm infection was 9% in the Moyen-Ogooué province of Gabon.

Gabonankylostomiasepublished 2025PLoS neglected tropical diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 11 observations

54.1 %In the period 2010–2017, predicted prevalence of malaria was 54.1% for children in the poorest quartile in endemic countries in Western and Central Africa.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2010-2017published 2021Journal of global healthPubMeddocument of 6 observations

8.6 %Cerebral vascular accidents were the second most frequent condition among patients admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine of the Souro Sanou University Hospital, with an admission rate of 8.6%.

Gaboncerebral vascular accidentsobserved 2007 to 2009published 2015Le Mali medicalPubMeddocument of 9 observations

Six months after 3 rounds of praziquantel treatment, B cell responsiveness was restored to what was seen in uninfected children, with the exception of TNF-α production.

Gabonschistosomiaseobserved 6-months after 3 rounds of praziquantel treatmentpublished 2013PLoS neglected tropical diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

30.9 %Mild anaemia rate was 30.9% among the 775 volunteers examined.

Gabonmild anaemiaobserved 2015–2016published 2020Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 18 observations

96 allelesOverall, 96 individual alleles were identified (47 for msp1 and 49 for msp2) in Plasmodium falciparum isolates.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2022Parasitology internationaleurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1016/j.parint.2022.102590

1,015 GMTGeometric mean titres of Zaire Ebola virus antibodies at day 28 in adults were 1,015 (95% CI: 647–1,591) for the 3 × 10⁴ PFU dose.

Gabonmaladie à virus Ebolapublished 2017PLoS medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 17 observations

0.7 %The prevalence of the vgsc A1746S mutation in Anopheles mosquitoes from the Bijagós Archipelago was 0.7%.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2019published 2024Parasites & vectorsPubMeddocument of 6 observations

5 casesAmong 101 ART-naive HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in an HIV clinic in Gabon, IRIS was diagnosed in five.

GabonIRISpublished 2017Infectioneurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1007/s15010-017-1000-9

28.8 %Females had a lower prevalence of malaria (28.8%) compared with males (41.7%).

Gabonpaludismeobserved October 2020 to January 2021published 2023Tropical medicine and infectious diseaseeurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

3 %The percentage of eosinophils was 3.0% in L. loa-uninfected individuals.

Gabonloasepublished 2024PLoS neglected tropical diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

74.5 %Plasmodium spp. was detected in 74.5% of febrile children (591 out of 793) in Franceville, Gabon.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2015The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0699

42.2 %520 (42.2%) of 1232 participants reported eye worm migration in rural Gabon between September 1, 2017 and May 31, 2018.

Gabonloaseobserved 2017-2018published 2020The Lancet. Infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

11.8 %ESBL-PE prevalence was 11.8% (84/712) in clinical samples in Gabon from January 2016 to March 2018.

GabonExtended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceaeobserved January 2016 to March 2018published 2021Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.)europe_pmcdocument of 11 observations

18.4 %1,069 (18.4%) participants were HIV-infected.

GabonVIH/sidaobserved 2009 to 2014published 2022PLoS medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations