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20 %Less than 20% of African adolescents aged 10–19 years are aware of their HIV status.

GabonVIH/sidapublished 2020Medecine et maladies infectieusesPubMeddocument of 2 observations

201 patientsIn Lambaréné, Gabon, between 2012 and 2014, 201 adult and pediatric TB patients were enrolled and followed up.

Gabontuberculoseobserved 2012 and 2014published 2016The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0668

33 %PTB was confirmed in 34 of 103 (33%).

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

62 %In 2002, 62% of the isolates carried the same microsatellite alleles in a chromosomal fragment spanning 39 kb surrounding the pfcrt locus.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2002published 2011Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-10-304

4.38 copies_per_10000_cellsThe cumulative viral loads of any HPV and HR-HPV possessed a good discriminatory ability to differentiate between CIN2/3 and ICC, with optimal cutoffs ranging from 4.38 to 4.85 copies per 10,000 cells.

GabonICC · infection à HPV · lésions précancéreuses du col (CIN)published 2025Health science reportsPubMeddocument of 3 observations

4 casesHipposideros gigas bats had a coronavirus infection prevalence of 4 out of 156 individuals.

Gaboncoronavirusobserved 2009–2015published 2020Scientific reportseurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

26 publicationsTwenty-six publications reporting on antimalarial treatment in 40 neonates with confirmed malaria were included in the systematic review.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2025BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 17 observations

1.4 %The estimated prevalence of HMS (hyperreactive malarial syndrome) ranged between 1.4% and 5.3% of the study population.

Gabonhyperreactive malarial syndromeHAL · Unilimdocument of 153 observations

73.3 %Neurological complications occurred in 73.3% of newborns with perinatal asphyxia (n=63).

Gabonperinatal asphyxiapublished 2026International Journal of Contemporary PediatricsOpenAlexdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20260393

84.6 %Only 84.6% of hyper-microfilaremic individuals tested positive by ELISA (11/13).

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

0.8 kappa_coefficientInter-rater agreement between operators and experts was very good (κ > 0.8) for hydronephrosis.

Gabonhydronephrosispublished 2020Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1093/trstmh/trz101

68.1 %Among children under five years old with influenza-like illness in Gabon, 68.1% were positive for at least one respiratory virus.

Gabongrippeobserved March 2010 to June 2011published 2014BMC Infectious DiseasesOpenAlexdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.1186/1471-2334-14-373

1,462 parasites/μLChez les enfants gabonais positifs uniquement pour Plasmodium falciparum et porteurs de l’allèle APOE Ɛ4 et du phénotype HbAA, la densité parasitaire asexuée médiane était de 1462 parasites/μL, contre 631 parasites/μL chez ceux non porteurs de l’allèle APOE Ɛ4 et de phénotype HbAA.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2013HAL · Unilimdocument of 81 observations

58.2 %Among SCC samples from Gabonese patients with high-grade neoplastic lesions, 58.2% were stage IV according to the FIGO classification.

Gabonsquamous cell carcinomapublished 2023Infectious agents and cancerPubMeddocument of 6 observations

71 %The abdominal X-ray was predominantly normal in 71% of cases.

Gabonacute abdominal painpublished 2017Clinical Pediatrics Open AccessOpenAlexdocument of 12 observations

Occult HBV infections (OBIs) appear considerably more frequent in men.

Gabonhépatite Bpublished 2022Viruseseurope_pmcdocument of 11 observations

92 %Treatment with fosmidomycin achieved a day 14 cure rate of 92% for asexual Plasmodium falciparum parasites.

Gabonpaludismeobserved day 14published 2004The Journal of infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 10 observationsDOI 10.1086/381785

23.5 %Pfdhps A581G mutation was found in 23.5% of the Plasmodium falciparum isolates from HIV-infected adults in Gabon.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2015–2016published 2019Malaria research and treatmenteurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1155/2019/9523259

21.7 %Metabolic syndrome prevalence was 21.7% in women and 10.0% in men in Gabon.

Gabonsyndrome métaboliquepublished 2023Prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors according to urbanization level, gender and ageeurope_pmcdocument of 9 observationsDOI 10.1101/2023.05.04.23289536

1.4 %The mortality rate associated with COVID-19 was 1.4% among 837 patients in Gabon from March to June 2020.

GabonCOVID-19observed March to June 2020published 2021JAMA network openPubMeddocument of 10 observations

4.6 %Astroviruses were identified in 12 out of 267 rodents trapped in 2012 in Franceville and Makokou, Gabon, corresponding to a detection rate of 4.6%.

Gabonastrovirusesobserved 2012published 2019Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary geneurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

87.5 %Among HR-HPV-positive samples, 87.5% (21/24) were genotypes targeted by the Gardasil vaccine.

Gabonhigh-risk human papillomaviruspublished 2025Diseases (Basel, Switzerland)PubMeddocument of 12 observations

75 %After the third dose of praziquantel, the cure rate increased to 75% for heavy infections.

Gabonschistosomiasepublished 2019Parasites & vectorseurope_pmcdocument of 20 observations

76 episodesSeventy-six episodes of fever were observed among 69 children with sickle-cell disease.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2014Open Journal of PediatricsOpenAlexdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.4236/ojped.2014.44036

36.6 %Among the anemic children, 53 (36.6%) showed anemia of inflammation (AI).

Gabonanemia of inflammationpublished 2025Communications medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations