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1.34 %About 1.34% of the Gabonese population suffers from sickle cell disease.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

412.9 per_100000Morbidity-based DALYs associated with loiasis were estimated at 412.9 per 100,000 people in rural Gabon.

Gabonloasepublished 2020The Lancet. Infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

5 %Five percent of Escherichia coli strains carried bla SHV-12 subtypes in children aged 0–5 years with diarrhoea in public hospitals in Franceville, Gabon.

Gabondiarrhéepublished 2024Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)europe_pmcdocument of 9 observations

19 daysThe median age at diagnosis in neonates with malaria was 19 days.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2025BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 17 observations

19.6 %The overall prevalence of Tropheryma whipplei colonization was 19.6% in a rural community in Central African Gabon, based on real-time PCR and sequencing of 465 stool samples.

GabonTropheryma whipplei colonizationpublished 2014Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of europe_pmcdocument of 5 observations

2,000,000 per_yearStillbirths are estimated at 2 million each year globally.

Gabonstillbirthspublished 2024Open Journal of PediatricsOpenAlexdocument of 10 observationsDOI 10.4236/ojped.2024.141001

42.92 %Among the 448 Plasmodium falciparum-infected children, 42.92% (n=198) were asymptomatic.

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

0.99 AUCThe risk score identified all 33 patients with and 131/135 (97.0%) without critical disease (AUC = 0.99; sensitivity: 100%; specificity: 97.0%).

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2013-2023published 2025Journal of travel medicinePubMeddocument of 5 observations

0.74 %The overall HPV prevalence in head and neck cancer biopsies was 0.74%.

Gabonhead and neck cancers · infection à HPVobserved 2009-2017published 2019Infectious agents and cancerPubMeddocument of 2 observations

41 %HHV-6 was detected in 41% of 91 hospitalized children with febrile illness with a potentially disease-causing pathogen in Gabon.

GabonHuman Herpes Virus 6Bpublished 2023Infectioneurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

17 isolatesSeventeen of the 27 Plasmodium falciparum isolates (63%) were able to bind lung endothelial cells.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2017BMC Infectious DiseasesOpenAlexdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12879-017-2552-0

21 %At 12 months of life, 21% of 530 infants presented with underweight in Lambaréné and Fougamou, Gabon.

Gabonmalnutritionobserved 2009–2012published 2021PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0246694

2,895 individualsThe studies comprised 2895 individuals vaccinated 10–60 years ago.

Gabonfièvre jaunepublished 2024The Lancet. Global healthPubMeddocument of 5 observations

50,000 deathsCervical cancer causes 50,000 deaths yearly in sub-Saharan Africa.

Gaboncancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2017Expert review of anti-infective therapyPubMeddocument of 3 observations

4.7 %The coinfection prevalence of malaria with filaria was 4.7% among school-aged children in Gabon.

Gabonfilaria · paludismeobserved 2021published 2024Asymptomatic Malaria and Hidden Parasitic Burden in Gabonese Schoolchildren: Unveiling Sileurope_pmcdocument of 9 observations

0.1 %0.1% of individuals were heterozygous for hemoglobin AC in areas of eastern Gabon.

Gabonhemoglobin ACpublished 2025International journal of hematologyeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

49 casesIn 2022, the ICA in Gabon recorded 49 cervical cancer cases.

Gaboncancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2022HAL · Unilimdocument of 45 observations

20.9 %Among 1363 sputum samples analysed from presumptive TB patients in Lambaréné, Gabon, 285 (20.9%) were Auramin acid fast bacilli (AFB) smear-positive.

Gabontuberculoseobserved 2018–2020published 2022Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1111/tmi.13736

8 %The lowest rate of infection (8%) was observed in the elderly (aged > 60).

GabonCOVID-19published 2021Scientific reportseurope_pmcdocument of 23 observations

Healthcare workers are at higher risk of tuberculosis than the general population.

Gabontuberculosepublished 2021BMC health services researcheurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12913-021-07236-z

8.6 %In the period 2010–2017, predicted prevalence of acute respiratory infections (ARI) was 8.6% for children in the richest quartile in Western and Central Africa.

Gabonacute respiratory infections (ARI)observed 2010-2017published 2021Journal of global healthPubMeddocument of 6 observations

98 %In part A, the PCR-corrected adequate clinical and parasitological response at day 29 was 98% (95% CI 89–100) for the 2-day regimen of ganaplacide 400 mg plus lumefantrine-SDF 960 mg.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2023The Lancet. Infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 10 observations

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has become the leading cause of death among adolescents (aged 10-19) in sub-Saharan Africa.

GabonAcquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)published 2019Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical AssociationPubMeddocument of 2 observations

20 %The rate of SARS-CoV-2 infection in both young (18–35 years old) and middle-aged adults (36–60 years old) was around 20%.

GabonCOVID-19published 2021Scientific reportseurope_pmcdocument of 23 observations

13.5 %Respiratory syncytial virus was detected in 13.5% of respiratory virus-positive specimens among patients with influenza-like illness in Gabon.

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