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61.1 %Intestinal parasitic infections prevalence was 61.1% among 451 individuals surveyed in Gabon from September 2013 to June 2014.

Gabonintestinal parasitic infectionsobserved September 2013 to June 2014published 2018Infectious Diseases of PovertyOpenAlexdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.1186/s40249-017-0381-4

There were no false positives in Sickle SCAN® results for the presence of hemoglobin variant compared to capillary electrophoresis.

Gabonhemoglobin variantpublished 2023International Journal of Translational Medical Research and Public HealthOpenAlexdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.21106/ijtmrph.315

93.38 %Among 70 malaria-positive patient samples screened for polymorphism in Libreville, Gabon, the AG mutation in Pfdhps occurred in 93.38% (n = 62) of samples.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2023Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 11 observations

45 %Twenty-one out of 47 national HIV testing service policies (45%) recommended the use of dual HIV/syphilis rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) in antenatal care.

Gabonsyphilis · VIH/sidaobserved as of December 2021published 2023BMJ openPubMeddocument of 9 observations

42 %The overall prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections was 42% at baseline for the six-month follow-up period.

Gabonsoil-transmitted helminth (STH) infectionspublished 2024Tropical medicine and healtheurope_pmcdocument of 9 observationsDOI 10.1186/s41182-023-00567-z

8 %Severe anaemia rate was 8.0% among the 775 volunteers examined.

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

7 laboratoriesThere were seven International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 15189-accredited human health laboratories in the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) sub-region.

Gabonpriority diseases (HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria)published 2022African journal of laboratory medicinePubMeddocument of 4 observations

33 %A total of 26 strains of Escherichia coli (33.0%) were identified from 78 bacterial isolates in children aged 0–5 years with diarrhoea in public hospitals in Franceville, Gabon.

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

26.7 %26,7 % des enfants drepanocytaires inclus dans l’étude avaient recours à un traitement traditionnel régulier.

Gabondrépanocytoseobserved décembre 2015 à décembre 2016published 2018Health sciences and diseaseOpenAlexdocument of 6 observations

12.17 %The seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was 12.17% among haemodialysis patients at the Franceville haemodialysis centre in Gabon.

GabonVIH/sidapublished 2025Ghana medical journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

20.5 %The proportion of wild type pfmdr1 86N allele reached 20.5% in 2008.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2008published 2014Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

6.6 %Co-infection of malaria with Schistosoma infection prevalence was 6.6% among school-aged children in Gabon.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2021published 2024Tropical medicine and infectious diseaseeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.3390/tropicalmed10010011

Gabon reported its first mpox case on 22 August 2024.

Gabonmpoxobserved 22 August 2024Africa CDCdocument of 22 observations

128 casesOf 689 malaria inpatients, 128 were adolescents in 2021.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2021published 2024International Journal of Contemporary PediatricsOpenAlexdocument of 10 observationsDOI 10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20241286

Chez les enfants non porteurs d’APOE Ɛ4, il n’y avait pas de réduction quantitative des densités parasitaires de Plasmodium spp. pour le phénotype HbAS par rapport au phénotype HbAA.

GabonpaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 81 observations

62 %PTB was not diagnosed in 62 of 103 (62%).

Gabontuberculoseobserved September 2024-January 2025published 2026IJID regionseurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

2.61 odds_ratioChildren aged 5–10 years had higher odds of malaria (OR: 2.61, 95% CI: [1.07–7.02]; p = 0.03) compared to younger children.

Gabonpaludismeobserved September and October 2022published 2026International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the InternatPubMeddocument of 7 observations

61.6 %An infant disease was observed in 61.6% of included low birth weight newborns.

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

42.1 %In Gabon in 2013, Staphylococcus aureus isolates were PVL positive in 42.1% of HIV patients and in 23.2% of healthy controls.

GabonPanton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) positive S. aureus · VIH/sidaobserved 2013published 2015Frontiers in microbiologyPubMeddocument of 7 observations

64.4 %The prevalence of HPV DNA cervical shedding was 64.4% among 284 Congolese women.

GabonHPV DNA cervical sheddingpublished 2023Infectious diseases nowPubMeddocument of 8 observations

89 %Atovaquone/proguanil treatment efficacy is 89%–98% for Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2018The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapyPubMeddocument of 4 observations

97 patientsThe study enrolled 97 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and 87 control subjects from the general population in Gabon.

Gabondiabète de type 2published 2026International journal of biochemistry and molecular biologyPubMeddocument of 6 observations

69 %Firmicutes constituted 69% of the microbiota in the non-diarrhoea group.

Gabondiarrhéepublished 2024Heliyoneurope_pmcdocument of 16 observations

75 %Three quarters (75.0%) of severe malaria cases were in children less than 5 years of age.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2023Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 25 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12936-023-04512-7

530 casesIn 2022, the ICA in Gabon recorded 530 new cancer cases, including 111 breast cancer cases and 49 cervical cancer cases.

Gaboncancer (non précisé)observed 2022HAL · Unilimdocument of 45 observations