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13 %In Lambaréné, Gabon, isoniazid resistance was observed in 13% of TB cases.

Gabontuberculosepublished 2016The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0668

54 %Au Gabon en 1989, l’aspergillose était le principal pourvoyeur d’otomycoses, représentant 54 % des cas.

Gabonaspergilloseobserved 1989HAL · Unilimdocument of 420 observations

95 %In Lambaréné, Gabon, 95% of TB patients had pulmonary TB between 2012 and 2014.

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

1.2 %Single testing and typing of DNA isolates indicated an overall infection rate of 1.2% (20 out of 1711) with Plasmodium falciparum, P. malariae and P. ovale.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2026Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

0.283 rhoThere was a positive correlation between malaria parasitaemia and IgE levels in the HIV-negative group (rho=0.283; p=0.0008).

Gabonpaludismepublished 2026Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

4 %Salmonella constituted 4% of the microbiota in children with diarrhoea.

Gabondiarrhéepublished 2024Heliyoneurope_pmcdocument of 16 observations

89 %MS3_01370 showed absolute specificity and a sensitivity of 89% when incorporated into a point-of-care immunochromatographic test for diagnosing Schistosoma haematobium infection from serum.

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

A global increase in clinical and confirmed malaria cases was observed in Makokou, North Eastern Gabon, between 2006 and 2013.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2006–2013published 2015BMC Public HealthOpenAlexdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12889-015-1456-4

24.1 %L’échographie transfontanellaire a montré une hémorragie intraventriculaire chez 24,1 % des nouveau-nés présentant une asphyxie périnatale.

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

23.5 %Co-infection with P. falciparum and P. ovale spp. occurred in 23.5% of Plasmodium-infected outpatients in Franceville, Gabon, in 2020.

GabonP. falciparum and P. ovale spp. co-infectionobserved 2020published 2024Scientific reportseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

13.8 %The total carriage rate for Streptococcus pneumoniae was 13.8% 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

38.28 %38.28% of the total population studied have a known sickle cell disease status.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

7 %Secondary treatment with atovaquone-proguanil failed in 2 out of 28 recrudescence cases (7%).

Gabonpaludismepublished 2025Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccinesPubMeddocument of 5 observations

18 per_1The ratio of seroprevalence from infection to cumulative incidence of confirmed cases ranged from 18:1 to 954:1 in Africa.

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

22 %The proportion of rotavirus infection was 22% among 178 children under 5 years with diarrhoea in Lambaréné seen at Albert Schweitzer Hospital between February 2020 and February 2021.

Gabonrotavirusobserved February 2020 to February 2021published 2026Journal of public health in Africaeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

10 minutesThe time to diagnosis using LED fluorescence microscopy at 400× magnification was 10 minutes in patients with fever admitted to the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2011Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-10-194

666 samplesSix hundred and sixty-six plasma samples from people living with HIV were collected and analyzed for resistance mutations in Gabon.

GabonVIH/sidaobserved October 2019 to October 2022published 2025Tropical medicine and infectious diseasePubMeddocument of 5 observations

2.93 aORIndividuals with L. loa microfilarial density (MFD) of 8000–30,000 mf/ml had an aOR of 2.93 (95% CI: 1.11, 7.70, P = 0.029) for having spleen parenchymal lesions.

GabonL. loa · spleen parenchymal lesionsHAL · Unilimdocument of 153 observations

100 %All 49 evaluable patients were parasitologically and clinically cured by day 14, corresponding to a cure rate of 100% (95% confidence interval: 93 to 100%) in a study of fosmidomycin plus clindamycin for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in pediatric outpatients aged 1 to 14 years.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2006Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapyeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

45.8 %The overall prevalence of schoolchildren with any skin disease was 45.8% in Gabon.

Gabonskin diseasepublished 2013International journal of dermatologyeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

2,008.6 gThe average birth weight of included low birth weight newborns was 2008.6 ± 215.2 g.

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

11.5 %P. malariae was detected in 104 out of 908 (11.5%) participants.

GabonpaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 153 observations

8.3 %The rate of co-infection of Plasmodium malariae with Plasmodium falciparum was 8.3%.

GabonPlasmodium malariae and Plasmodium falciparum co-infectionobserved 2021published 2022Parasites & vectorseurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

0 casesHHV-8 was not detected by PCR in any of the cord blood samples.

GabonHHV-8published 2015International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the Internateurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.08.004

20.7 %Among 464 newborns hospitalized at CHUME-FJE in 2022, 96 presented with perinatal asphyxia, representing 20.7%.

Gabonperinatal asphyxiaobserved 2022published 2026International Journal of Contemporary PediatricsOpenAlexdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20260393