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G8 and G9 Rotavirus A genotypes were reported for the first time in Gabon.

Gabonrotavirusobserved April 2018 to November 2019published 2021EBioMedicineOpenAlexdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103648

23.9 %Streptococcus B was associated with aerobic vaginitis in 23.9% of cases.

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

20 %Using the Spatial Durbin Error Model (SDEM), the relationship between the prevalence and insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) coverage was decreasing after 20% of coverage.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

5.1 %Filaria infection prevalence was 5.1% among school-aged children in Gabon.

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

306 patients306 patients were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during the study period (2010–2017) and followed-up in the Endocrinology Department at CHUL.

Gabondiabète de type 1observed 2010–2017published 2019International journal of pediatrics & adolescent medicinePubMeddocument of 7 observations

23.8 %Among HIV-positive individuals aged 0–24 years in Gabon, viral suppression rates were 23.8% in the 0–7 years age group, 29.2% in the 8–15 years age group, and 42.6% in the 16–24 years age group.

GabonVIH/sidapublished 2026PathogensOpenAlexdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.3390/pathogens15050502

1.5 %Insufficient calcium levels were found in 1.5% of newborns in a prospective cross-sectional study of pregnant women in Lambaréné, Gabon.

Gaboncalcium deficiencypublished 2024Scientific reportseurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

500 nMIvermectin showed activity against stage IV/V gametocytes of the malaria parasite with a 50% inhibitory concentration of 500 nM.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2019Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapyPubMeddocument of 2 observations

22 casesA total of 22 severe cases of Plasmodium ovale malaria were published, out of which five were fatal.

GabonPlasmodium ovale malariapublished 2017Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 4 observations

10 participantsTwelve weeks following immunization, 10 out of 13 participants in the vaccine group were sterilely protected against heterologous controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) using the Pf7G8 strain.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2021Nature communicationsPubMeddocument of 4 observations

2.8 %La prévalence de Plasmodium malariae était de 2,8 % dans l'échantillon de 257 enfants.

GabonpaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 81 observations

4.8 %Mansonella perstans was detected in 61 out of 1,258 febrile children, corresponding to a prevalence of 4.8%.

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

65 %A treatment-emerging mutation in the Pfatp4 gene, G358S, was detected in 65% of treatment failures.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2022Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society PubMeddocument of 4 observations

60 %Methylene blue inhibited adult worms by 60% in mice infected with S. mansoni.

Gabonschistosomiasepublished 2021PLoS neglected tropical diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009511

8.8 %Lastourville accounted for 8.8% of severe malaria cases in southeastern Gabon in 2019.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2019published 2023BMC infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 14 observations

0.98 AUCSh-TSP-2 had an area under the curve of 0.98 in serum for diagnosing Schistosoma haematobium infection.

Gabonschistosomiasepublished 2021The Lancet. Microbeeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1016/s2666-5247(21)00150-6

1.2 aORIndividuals with anti-Plasmodium IgG levels > 85 μg/ml had an aOR of 1.20 (95% CI: 0.36, 3.92, P = 0.760) for having spleen parenchymal lesions.

Gabonspleen parenchymal lesionsHAL · Unilimdocument of 153 observations

74 %In adults, 74% to 100% of individuals who received a vaccine dose of 3 × 10⁴, 3 × 10⁵, 3 × 10⁶, or 2 × 10⁷ PFU had a ≥4.0-fold increase in geometric mean titres of Zaire Ebola virus glycoprotein-specific antibodies at day 28.

Gabonmaladie à virus Ebolapublished 2017PLoS medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 17 observations

2.16 infectionsThe mean number of sexually transmitted infections was 2.16 (standard deviation 1.35) in HIV-positive pregnant women.

Gabonsexually transmitted infections · VIH/sidapublished 2023Infectious diseases of povertyPubMeddocument of 7 observations

27.7 %27.7% of the total population produced both anti-SARS-CoV-2 N-protein antibodies and anti-SARS-CoV-2 S-protein antibodies.

GabonCOVID-19published 2021BMC Research NotesOpenAlexdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1186/s13104-021-05570-3

50 %Neutralising antibodies were detected in more than 50% of participants at vaccine doses ≥3 × 10⁵ PFU.

Gabonmaladie à virus Ebolapublished 2017PLoS medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 17 observations

1.74 %The seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was 1.74% among haemodialysis patients at the Franceville haemodialysis centre in Gabon.

Gabonhépatite Bpublished 2025Ghana medical journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

53.9 %Among bacterial vaginosis positive patients, 53.90% (249/462) were non-pregnant but capable of bearing children.

Gabonvaginose bactériennepublished 2022Microbial pathogenesiseurope_pmcdocument of 16 observations

73.4 %Of 417 severe malaria cases, 94 (73.4%) were adolescents in 2021.

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

Children aged 0–9 years had the lowest SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Africa.

GabonCOVID-19published 2022BMJ global healtheurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008793