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36.6 %Jaundice was found as a post-transfusion complication in 36.6% (n=26) of the children.

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

69.4 %Among malaria-confirmed infants under three months old at the Libreville Mother and Child University Hospital from 2020 to 2024, 69.4% had a history of blood transfusion.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2020 to 2024published 2026Journal of African NeonatologyOpenAlexdocument of 15 observationsDOI 10.4314/jan.v4i2.6

77 %The cure rate for the ABZ-ABZ-ABZ regimen was 77%.

Gabonstrongyloidiasispublished 2025Parasitology researcheurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

Malaria was the main cause of acute kidney injury in the 10–15 age group.

Gabonacute kidney injury · paludismepublished 2024International Journal of Contemporary PediatricsOpenAlexdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20242726

Many asymptomatic children had specific IgG1 recognizing multiple antigens, and these IgG1 antibodies could be associated with a reduced risk of developing malaria symptoms.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2017European Journal of Microbiology and ImmunologyOpenAlexdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1556/1886.2017.00010

481 cells/mm3Mean CD4+ cell counts were 481.0 (± 299.0) cells/mm³ in HIV-1 mono-infected individuals.

GabonVIH/sidapublished 2022PloS onePubMeddocument of 12 observations

90.9 %Day 28 PCR-adjusted adequate clinical and parasitological response (ACPR) was 90.9% (30/33) with 400 mg ferroquine plus 600 mg artefenomel.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2023Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 13 observations

Malaria incidence decreased in the control group over time in the 2009–2014 phase III trial.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2009-2014published 2022The Journal of infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 5 observations

82 %Nine of the eleven (82%) lifelong malaria-exposed Gabonese adults with normal hemoglobin developed parasitemia by quantitative polymerase chain reaction.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2018The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observations

11 positive_blood_culturesA retrospective study over a 2-year period (January 1994–December 1995) in the pediatric department of HPO found 11 positive blood cultures in children with sickle cell disease aged 3 months to 16 years.

Gabondrépanocytoseobserved January 1994-December 1995HAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

5.4 aORPreterm birth was associated with underweight, with an adjusted odds ratio of 5.4 (95% confidence interval: 1.7–16.1) at one month of life in infants from Lambaréné and Fougamou, Gabon.

Gabonmalnutrition · preterm birthobserved 2009–2012published 2021PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0246694

15.24 %The mortality rate for childhood tuberculosis in Libreville, Gabon between 2011 and 2021 was 15.24%.

Gabontuberculoseobserved 2011–2021published 2024HeliyonOpenAlexdocument of 13 observationsDOI 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33609

1.44 mmol/LUrine S. haematobium egg-positive individuals exhibited lower serum HDL-C levels (1.44 vs 1.12 mmol/L) than egg-negative individuals.

Gabonschistosomiasepublished 2020PLoS neglected tropical diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008464

23 %23% of participants were identified with 1 or 2 relapses, all induced by Plasmodium ovale curtisi.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2019Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society europe_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1093/cid/ciz131

47 %In 2010, a large outbreak of poliomyelitis with unusual 47% lethality occurred in Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo.

Gabonpoliomyéliteobserved 2010published 2014Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesOpenAlexdocument of 3 observations

Plasmodium ovale was sensitive to all tested drugs within the follow-up periods and on interpretable in vitro assays.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2017Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 4 observations

18 %The etiological fraction of deaths attributable to baseline GFR 60–89 mL/min/1.73m² was 18.0%.

GabonVIH/sidapublished 2019Nephrologie & therapeutiquePubMeddocument of 2 observations

12.9 %70 malaria interventional trials (12.9%) were registered following study completion.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2010 to 2020published 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 13 observations

12 %During a period of one year, 12% of the thick blood smears from the 497 afebrile males screened showed Plasmodium falciparum with low parasitemias in villages near Lambaréné, Gabon.

Gabonpaludismeobserved one yearpublished 2007The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.939

0.089 log cfu/mL per dayThe daily fall in log cfu/mL of sputum was 0.089 (95% CI: 0.057–0.121) with rifampicin plus 300 mg of SQ109.

Gabonpulmonary TBpublished 2015The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapyeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1093/jac/dku553

92 %The sensitivity of nasal transepithelial potential difference test for the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis was 92%.

Gaboncystic fibrosispublished 1995PubMedOpenAlexdocument of 5 observations

36.4 %During the second wave of COVID-19 in Gabon, lineage B.1.1.318 accounted for 36.4% of sequenced genomes.

GabonB.1.1.318 · COVID-19published 2022Frontiers in medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 13 observationsDOI 10.3389/fmed.2022.877391

217 patientsThe study included 217 patients (111 malaria patients and 106 symptomatic controls, defined as malaria-negative febrile patients).

Gabonpaludismepublished 2017The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

The Delta variant (B.1.617) circulated during the third wave of COVID-19 in Gabon.

GabonB.1.617 · COVID-19published 2022Frontiers in medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 13 observationsDOI 10.3389/fmed.2022.877391

5.3 %Sub-microscopic Plasmodium ovale infection had a prevalence of 5.3% among participants.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2021published 2022Parasites & vectorseurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations