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A new species of Monanthotaxis from Gabon with a unique inflorescence type for Annonaceae [PDF]

, 2014
Monanthotaxis Baillon (1890: 878) currently consists of 56 species (Rainer & Chatrou 2006) confined to tropical Africa and Madagascar and is the second most species-rich genus of Annonaceae in Africa after Uvaria Linnaeus (1753: 536).
Chatrou, Lars, Hoekstra, Paul H, Wieringa, Jan J   +2 more
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Maltraitance scolaire et maladie de basedow: à propos d'un cas

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
La maladie de basedow, thyréopathie auto-immune, est la cause la plus fréquente des hyperthyroïdies aussi bien chez l'adulte que chez l'enfant. Elle relèverait d'une prédisposition génétique sur laquelle vont intervenir des facteurs déclenchants ...
Marie-Pierrette Ntyonga-Pono, Daniela Nsame   +1 more
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African-European contacts in the Kongo Kingdom (sixteenth-eighteenth centuries): new archaeological insights from Ngongo Mbata (Lower Congo, DRC) [PDF]

, 2015
Ngongo Mbata, the main and most affluent center of the Kongo kingdom’s Mbata province in the 17th century, is well known from the historical sources, but virtually unexplored in archaeological publications.
Bostoen, Koen, Clist, Bernard-Olivier, Cranshof, Els, de Schryver, Gilles-Maurice, Herremans, Davy, Karklins, Karlis, Matonda Sakala, Igor, Steyaert, Fanny   +7 more
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Intérêt de l'inspection visuelle à l'acide acétique et au soluté de Lugol avec colposcope dans le dépistage des lésions du col utérin au Gabon

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015
INTRODUCTION: au Gabon, le dépistage des lésions précancéreuses et cancéreuses du col de l'utérus n'est pas systématique. La vulgarisation de ce dépistage suppose l'utilisation d'un test efficace et adapté aux réalités locales.
édith Mpiga, Mahinè Ivanga, Ismaël Hervé Koumakpayi, Corinne Engohan-Aloghe, Junie Chansi Ankély, Ernest Belembaogo, Jean-Fraénois Meye   +6 more
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Adjunctive interferon-γ immunotherapy for the treatment of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: a randomized controlled trial.

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Interferon-gamma (IFNγ) is of key importance in the immune response to Cryptococcus neoformans. Mortality related to cryptococcal meningitis remains high, and novel treatment strategies are needed.
Bekker, Linda-Gail, Bicanic, Tihana, Harrison, Thomas S, Jarvis, Joseph N, Meintjes, Graeme, Rebe, Kevin, Schutz, Charlotte, Williams, Anthony, Williams, Gertrude Ntombomzi, Wood, Robin   +9 more
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Viewpoint: filovirus haemorrhagic fever outbreaks: much ado about nothing? [PDF]

, 2000
The recent outbreak of Marburg haemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo has put the filovirus threat back on the international health agenda.
Boelaert, M, Borchert, M, Colebunders, R, Muyembe-Tamfum, J J, Pirard, P, Sleurs, H, van der Groen, G, Van der Stuyft, P   +7 more
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Is there a suburban sleeping sickness in Libreville?

African Health Sciences, 2013
The transmission of sleeping sickness occurs primarily in rural areas, and exposed populations are those living from rural activities such as agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry or hunting. However, urban and suburban foci are more and more reported in T. b. gambiense areas. In Libreville town, sleeping sickness cases are regularly diagnosed.
Kohagne, T L, Mavoungou, J F, Hendji, G C Fako, Pamba, R, Mbatchi, B   +4 more
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Profiles of microorganisms isolated from neonates’ blood cultures, incubators, cradles, ventilators, washbasins, and health-workers of Libreville University Hospital Neonatal Service: focus on infection prevention and control measures

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2021
Background: Nosocomial infection outbreaks in neonatal services are a serious healthcare concern in both developed and developing countries, but few studies have been conducted in sub-Saharan Africa.
Eliane K. Kamgaing, Jean-Charles Ndong, Léonard K. Rerambiah, Joel F.D. Siawaya   +3 more
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Anaemia and severe malarial anaemia burden in febrile Gabonese children: a nine-year health facility based survey

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2013
Introduction: Anaemia remains a major cause of poor health in children and pregnant women living in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria is one of the main causes of anaemia in endemic countries.
Marielle Karine Bouyou-Akotet, Denise Patricia Mawili Mboumba, Eric Kendjo, Fanckie Mbadinga, Nestor Obiang-Bekale, Pacome Mouidi, Maryvonne Kombila   +6 more
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Considering a lexicographic plan for Gabon within the Gabonese language landscape [PDF]

, 2009
This article raises a number of questions that should be dealt with in drawing up a lexicographic plan for Gabon. For which of the Gabonese languages should lexicographic units be established? This question entrains the issue of inventorying the Gabonese
Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, Hugues Steve
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