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Cervical cancer is the commonest cancer and the leading cause of cancer mortality in women in Gabon.

Gaboncancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2015BMC women's healthPubMeddocument of 12 observations

71 hoursAsexual parasites were cleared slowly in children treated with clindamycin alone with a median time of 71 hours.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2004The Journal of infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 10 observationsDOI 10.1086/381785

1.7 %19 (1.7%) of 1137 patients in the tablet formulation groups were not cured.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2010The Lancet. Infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

41.6 %P. falciparum was detected in 378 out of 908 (41.6%) participants.

GabonpaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 153 observations

58 US_dollar_per_yearThe estimated healthcare-associated costs per loiasis-positive individual was US-$58 per year (95% CI: 21–101), corresponding to 3.5% of the reported mean household income.

Gabonloasepublished 2024PLoS neglected tropical diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 9 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012389

-0.74 correlation_coefficientThe reduction in detection of quantitative M tuberculosis DNA with Xpert MTB/RIF correlated with smear grades (ρ=-0·74; p<0·0001).

Gabontuberculosepublished 2013The Lancet. Respiratory medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 9 observationsDOI 10.1016/s2213-2600(13)70119-x

84 %Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) represents 84% of hyperglycemia during pregnancy throughout the world.

Gabongestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)published 2022The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 3 observations

36 %The prevalence of intestinal helminths was 36% in non-pregnant female controls in Lambaréné, Gabon.

Gabonintestinal helminthspublished 2007Wiener klinische Wochenschrifteurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

23.5 %The prevalence of headache among school children in Libreville was 23.5%.

Gabonheadacheobserved 2013 to 2014published 2018International Journal Of Medical Science And Clinical InventionOpenAlexdocument of 14 observationsDOI 10.18535/ijmsci/v5i4.11

4 %Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli accounted for 4.0% of bacterial pathogens causing diarrhoea in children aged 0–5 years in public hospitals in Franceville, Gabon.

Gabondiarrhéepublished 2024Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)europe_pmcdocument of 9 observations

21 %Overall Plasmodium prevalence was 21.0% in the Adjohoun-Bonou-Dangbo (ABD) district.

Gabonpaludismeobserved July to November 2024published 2026BMC infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

In Gabon, some departments have an onchocerciasis prevalence ranging from 0% to over 20%.

Gabononchocercosepublished 2023Microorganismseurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

20,000 microfilariae_per_mLHyper-microfilaremia is defined as greater than 20,000 microfilariae per mL of blood.

Gabonloasepublished 2024PLoS neglected tropical diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 13 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012054

1,373 parasites/μLLes densités parasitaires médianes étaient significativement plus élevées chez les enfants porteurs de l’allèle APOE Ɛ4 comparés aux non-porteurs pour Plasmodium falciparum (1373 vs. 631 parasites/μL).

GabonpaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 81 observations

0.03 P-valueTwo polymorphisms—one in DC-SIGN and one in VDR—were associated with pulmonary tuberculosis disease risk in a nonadditive model when analyzed in combination with ethnicity, with P-values of 0.03 and 0.003 respectively.

Gabontuberculosepublished 2007Genes and immunityeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

739 individualsOf the 1634 individuals placed on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in a rural district in Malawi between April 2003 and December 2004, 739 received no community support.

GabonVIH/sidaobserved between April 2003 and December 2004published 2007Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

16 %The proportion of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes infected with Plasmodium malariae monoinfections via direct membrane feeding assay was 16% (19 of 121).

Gabonpaludismepublished 2021The Journal of infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1093/infdis/jiaa382

4,116 patientsA total of 4,116 children aged 6–59 months with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria were treated in the trial.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2011PLoS medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 15 observations

7 g/dlThe inter-critical hemoglobin level was 7 g/dl.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2025World Journal of Advanced Research and ReviewsOpenAlexdocument of 11 observations

99.1 %At 12 months of age, the language development quotient was normal (between 70 and 110) in 99.1% of included low birth weight infants.

Gabonfaible poids de naissancepublished 2023Open Journal of PediatricsOpenAlexdocument of 9 observationsDOI 10.4236/ojped.2023.131015

53 %53% of patients (31 of 58) were polysensitized to food allergens.

Gabonallergyobserved 2018 to 2021published 2022Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology GlobalOpenAlexdocument of 5 observations

2,000,000 deathsPlasmodium falciparum is responsible for one to three million deaths annually.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2009PLoS PathogensOpenAlexdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000446

93.4 %Anal HPV prevalence was 93.4% among 61 unvaccinated men who have sex with men (MSM) taking preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in France.

Gaboninfection à HPVpublished 2019Open forum infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 10 observations

77 %Twenty (77.0%) Escherichia coli strains carried extended-spectrum beta-lactamases bla CTX-M-15 in children aged 0–5 years with diarrhoea in public hospitals in Franceville, Gabon.

Gabondiarrhéepublished 2024Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)europe_pmcdocument of 9 observations

58 patientsAmong 305 surveyed patients with COVID-19, 58 (19%) had heart failure, which posed a risk of adverse interactions with hydroxychloroquine.

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