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Plasmodium falciparum causes malaria mainly among African infants.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2009PLoS PathogensOpenAlexdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000446

5 samplesLumefantrine and its metabolite desbutyl-lumefantrine were quantifiable in five of six hair samples from falciparum malaria patients.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2025New microbes and new infectionsPubMeddocument of 4 observations

84.4 %A haemoglobin level of 9 g/L was used as a screening test to detect homozygous sickle cell anaemia patients, with sensitivity of 84.4%.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2019The Nigerian postgraduate medical journaleurope_pmcdocument of 12 observations

22.4 %Among fever episodes in children with sickle-cell disease, asthenia was reported in 22.4% of cases.

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

24.1 %Convulsion was present in 24.1% of severe malaria patients on admission.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2023Malaria JournalOpenAlexdocument of 25 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12936-023-04512-7

73.4 %Venous blood microscopy sensitivity relative to qPCR gold standard was 73.4%.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2015–2016published 2018The Journal of infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.1093/infdis/jiy319

81.3 %Asymptomatic Plasmodium infections accounted for 81.3% of cases among outpatients in Franceville, Gabon, in 2020.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2020published 2024Scientific reportseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

7.1 g/dlThe median Hb level was 7.1 g/dl in the presence of hookworms.

Gabonhookwormsobserved 2015–2016published 2020Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 18 observations

1.2 %1.2% of mothers who had performed hemoglobin electrophoresis testing had hemoglobin status HbSS/HbSC.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

15.8 %The quantitative adherence to antiretroviral therapy assessed by pharmacy visit compliance was 15.8%.

GabonVIH/sidapublished 2019African journal of AIDS research : AJAReurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

8 patientsIn the validation cohort, all eight patients with critical disease and 39/44 (89%) without were correctly identified.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2025Journal of travel medicinePubMeddocument of 5 observations

27.2 %WNV-specific IgG prevalence was 27.2% overall among 2320 villagers from 115 villages in Gabon.

GabonWest Nile viruspublished 2010Virology JournalOpenAlexdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1186/1743-422x-7-132

11.2 %The seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus in the Gabonese general population was 11.2%.

Gabonhépatite Cpublished 2012PLoS ONEOpenAlexdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0042002

16.5 %The frequency of wild-type K76 was 16.5% at Lastourville.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2016Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 25 observations

77.8 %The detection rate was 77.8% (49/63) for P. falciparum.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2014Journal of clinical microbiologyeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

3.18 AORSmoking was significantly associated with a higher sputum mycobacterial load (adjusted odds ratio = 3.18; 95% CI = 1.33–8.11).

Gabonpulmonary TBobserved 2016-2019published 2020The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0424

55 %Firmicutes constituted 55% of the microbiota in children with RVA.

Gabonrotaviruspublished 2024Heliyoneurope_pmcdocument of 16 observations

9.9 %Anopheles gambiae s.s. was resistant to DDT with 9.9% mortality.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2019published 2020Wellcome open researcheurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

64.8 %Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) were found in 64.8% of participants in five onchocerciasis-endemic communities in Gabon between January and February 2020.

Gabonsoil-transmitted helminthsobserved January and February 2020published 2024Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)europe_pmcdocument of 7 observations

38.1 %In 29 out of 76 fever episodes (38.1%) in children with sickle-cell disease, the specific cause of fever could not be pinpointed.

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

23 %The overall prevalence of P. falciparum infection on subject enrolment was 23%.

Gabonpaludismepublished 2018PLoS neglected tropical diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006663

832 casesThere were 832 (partially) vaccinated hepatitis A cases among the 43,861 reported cases.

Gabonhepatitis Apublished 2025International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the InternatPubMeddocument of 5 observations

25.6 %The prevalence of resistant HIV-1 subtypes was 25.6% among the sequenced samples from HIV-1-positive volunteer blood donors in Gabon.

GabonVIH/sidapublished 2024AIDS research and human retrovirusesPubMeddocument of 4 observations

6.4 %Six confirmed hepatitis A breakthrough infections were identified, representing 6.4% of vaccinated cases with available confirmation (95% confidence interval 2.6–14.3%).

Gabonhepatitis Apublished 2025International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the InternatPubMeddocument of 5 observations

1 casesOne co-infection of Loa loa and Mansonella perstans was detected.

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