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39 %Early in the pandemic, men exhibited a 39% higher risk of infection compared to women.

GabonCOVID-19observed early in the pandemicpublished 2026Viruseseurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

4.2 %Adolescents over 15 years of age accounted for 4.2% of all severe malaria cases.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2019published 2023BMC Infectious DiseasesOpenAlexdocument of 14 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12879-023-08133-y

13.9 %The study observed an average malaria parasite prevalence of 13.9%.

Gabonpaludismeobserved March 2018published 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

7.1 %The prevalence of asymptomatic parasitemia was lower in PLHIV (7.1%) than in uninfected individuals (33.8%).

Gabonasymptomatic parasitaemiapublished 2018Pathogens and global healtheurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1080/20477724.2017.1401760

2 isolatesTwo of the 27 Plasmodium falciparum isolates were from patients with severe malaria.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2017BMC infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12879-017-2552-0

5 %Among 302 Mycobacterium tuberculosis-positive patients, 15 (5.0%) were HIV co-infected.

GabonVIH/sidapublished 2025Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobialseurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

5.1 %Respiratory distress occurred in 5.1% of severe malaria cases in children in southeastern Gabon in 2019.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2019published 2023BMC infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 14 observations

26.3 %26.3% (N = 156) of SARS-CoV-2 infected persons had influenza-like symptoms.

GabonCOVID-19published 2021Scientific reportseurope_pmcdocument of 23 observations

57 %A total of 177 women (57%) had microscopic parasitaemia in the study conducted in Libreville, Gabon.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2003Malaria JournalOpenAlexdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-2-18

48.88 yearsThe mean age of men hospitalized for diabetes in Libreville was 48.88 years.

Gabondiabète (non précisé)published 2015Ethnicity & diseasePubMeddocument of 9 observations

In Lambaréné, Gabon, chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in vitro decreased significantly from 1994 onwards.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 1994 onwardspublished 2002Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

85 %Fever was reported by 85% of Chikungunya virus patients.

Gabonchikungunyapublished 2012PLoS neglected tropical diseasesOpenAlexdocument of 13 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001517

18.5 %The allelic frequency of the hemoglobin S gene was 18.5% in areas of eastern Gabon.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2025International journal of hematologyeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

28.4 %Deaths due to extracardiac complications accounted for 28.4% of heart failure deaths.

Gaboninsuffisance cardiaqueobserved January 2014 to December 2016published 2018The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 9 observations

51.5 %Anaemia was found in 51.5% of adults and none had severe anaemia.

Gabonanémiepublished 2014BioMed research internationaleurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1155/2014/351281

798 patientsIn 2013, 798 patients were hospitalized with diabetes in Libreville at a prevalence of 0.2%.

Gabondiabète (non précisé)observed 2013published 2015Ethnicity & diseasePubMeddocument of 9 observations

80.2 infective_bites_per_yearThe annual entomological inoculation rate (aEIR) in Bindo was 80.2 infective bites per year.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2022Parasites & vectorseurope_pmcdocument of 9 observationsDOI 10.1186/s13071-022-05320-9

2,300,000 casesThe World Health Organization reported approximately 2.3 million new breast cancer cases globally in 2020.

Gaboncancer du seinobserved 2020HAL · Unilimdocument of 45 observations

44 %The pooled 5-year survival rate for breast cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa is 44%.

Gaboncancer du seinpublished 2025Bulletin du cancerPubMeddocument of 6 observations

1.7 foldWild type isolates were 1.7-fold more prevalent in 2008.

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

22 %A post hoc analysis found that 192 out of 885 children (22%) developed delayed anemia.

Gabonanémiepublished 2016PLoS medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

19.6 %Subtype A accounted for 19.6% of HIV-1 cases in the studied population in Gabon.

GabonVIH/sidapublished 2012BMC Infectious DiseasesOpenAlexdocument of 14 observationsDOI 10.1186/1471-2334-12-64

360 casesAmong 949 confirmed community-acquired urinary tract infections, there were 360 pyelonephritis cases in southeastern Gabon.

Gabonpyelonephritispublished 2026PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 14 observations

2 patients2 out of 9 G6PD A- deficient children treated with chlorproguanil-dapsone developed severe anaemia.

Gabonanémie · G6PD A- deficiencypublished 2011PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0017371

3.8 %Mansonella perstans was detected in 6 out of 160 afebrile children, corresponding to a prevalence of 3.8%.

Gabonloasepublished 2015PLoS neglected tropical diseasesOpenAlexdocument of 15 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004155