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31 yearsThe mean age of pulmonary TB patients included in the study was 31 years (±13).

Gabonpulmonary TBobserved 2016-2019published 2020The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0424

594 per_100000In 2022, the combined prevalence of breast and cervical cancers in women in Gabon was 594 per 100,000 women.

Gaboncancer du col de l'utérus · cancer du seinobserved 2022HAL · Unilimdocument of 45 observations

6.7 %Filarial DNA was detected in 95 out of 1,418 Gabonese children, corresponding to a prevalence of 6.7%.

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

794 cells/μlThe mean number of CD4 T cells in absolute number was 794 ± 409 cells/μl by laboratory technicians.

GabonVIH/sidapublished 2018Journal of immunological methodsPubMeddocument of 13 observations

20 casesAmong 101 ART-naive HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in an HIV clinic in Gabon, active TB was present in 20 patients.

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

27 %The mortality rate among included low birth weight newborns was 27.0% (81 deaths).

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

116 hoursThe sputum bacterial load decreased from a mean baseline time to culture positivity (TTP) of 116.0 ± 47.6 hours to 35.5 ± 59.3 hours at day 7 and to 54.8 ± 86.8 hours at day 14.

Gabontuberculosepublished 2013Journal of clinical microbiologyeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1128/jcm.03290-12

18 %The prevalence of maternal GBS colonization was 18% among 366 women receiving mefloquine-IPTp.

GabonGuillain-Barré syndromepublished 2015The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapyeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

6 patientsLumefantrine and its metabolite desbutyl-lumefantrine were detected in all hair samples from six falciparum malaria patients.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2025New microbes and new infectionsPubMeddocument of 4 observations

The burden of HIV, HBV, and HCV infections remains disproportionately high in sub-Saharan Africa.

Gabonhépatite B · hépatite C · VIH/sidapublished 2021PloS onePubMeddocument of 9 observations

19.3 cycle_thresholdThe sputum bacterial load decreased from a mean baseline Xpert MTB/RIF cycle threshold (C(T)) of 19.3 ± 3.88 to 0.55 ± 3.07 at day 7 and to 2.06 ± 4.37 at day 14.

Gabontuberculosepublished 2013Journal of clinical microbiologyeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1128/jcm.03290-12

2.7 nMThe mean concentration required to inhibit 50% of growth (IC50) of Plasmodium malariae with artesunate was 2.7 nM.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2025Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)europe_pmcdocument of 4 observations

17 patientsOnly 17 out of 1069 children who were typed were G6PD A- deficient.

GabonG6PD A- deficiencypublished 2011PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0017371

56.9 %Malaria prevalence was 56.9% among febrile children in Libreville, Gabon, between September and October 2022.

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

39.1 %The Y184 Pfmdr1 genotype prevalence was 39.1% in symptomatic infections and 19.4% in asymptomatic infections.

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

12.5 %The total carriage rate for Haemophilus influenzae was 12.5% in children with and without sickle cell anaemia in Gabon.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2013Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of europe_pmcdocument of 8 observations

5.8 %Escherichia coli was associated with aerobic vaginitis in 5.8% of cases.

Gabonaerobic vaginitispublished 2022International Journal of Women s HealthOpenAlexdocument of 19 observationsDOI 10.2147/ijwh.s349754

23 %Schistosoma haematobium infection was detected in 13 out of 54 Gabonese women, corresponding to a prevalence of 23%.

Gabonschistosomiasepublished 2019Scientific reportseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

32.6 %Le taux de mortalité globale chez les nouveau-nés présentant une asphyxie périnatale était de 32,6 %.

Gabonasphyxie périnataleobserved 2022-2023published 2025DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)OpenAlexdocument of 12 observations

18.8 %The population attributable fraction (PAF) of spleen volume ≤ 150 cm³ associated with Loa loa microfilaremia was 18.8%.

GabonloaseHAL · Unilimdocument of 153 observations

97.41 %In the overall population, 97.41% of mixed infection strains were highly resistant to Ciprofloxacin.

Gabonmixed infectionspublished 2022Microbial pathogenesiseurope_pmcdocument of 16 observations

53.3 %Eight (53.3%) of the 15 patients represented new cases of pre-XDR or XDR-TB.

Gabonpre-XDR TB · XDR-TBobserved 2019 to 2022published 2024Revue des maladies respiratoiresPubMeddocument of 15 observations

87 %87% of children under 15 years of age in Libreville had started and completed their 3 doses of hepatitis B vaccine before the 12th month of age.

Gabonhépatite Bpublished 2022Open Journal of PediatricsOpenAlexdocument of 2 observationsDOI 10.4236/ojped.2022.121022

432 samplesWe screened 432 bird blood samples and 452 parous Culicoides for haemosporidian infections.

Gabonhaemosporidian infectionspublished 2026Parasites & vectorsPubMeddocument of 4 observations

85 %Pooling six clinical trials of fosmidomycin against uncomplicated malaria in African children yielded an overall day 28 cure rate of 85%.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2015Future microbiologyPubMeddocument of 6 observations