Non-malarial infectious diseases of antenatal care in pregnant women in Franceville, Gabon

Irene Pegha Moukandja (1) , Edgard Brice Ngoungou (2) , Guy Joseph Lemamy (3) , Ulrick Bisvigou (1, 2) , Antoine Gessain (4) , Fousseyni S Toure Ndouo (1) , Mirdad Kazanji (5) , Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki (1, 6)

1 CIRMF - Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville
2 Departement de Sante Publique et de Medecine Legale et du Travail
3 Département de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire [Libreville}
4 EPVO (UMR_3569 / U-Pasteur_3) - Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes
5 Institut Pasteur de Bangui
6 Université des sciences de la santé

In sub-tropical countries, infectious diseases remain one of the main causes of mortality. Because of their lack of active immunity, pregnant women and their unborn children represent the most susceptible people. In Gabon, data on infectious diseases of pregnant women such as syphilis and rubella are either scarce or very old. Few studies have assessed T. gondii infection during pregnancy in the country. Here, we evaluate seroprevalence of HIV, HTVL-1, syphilis and T. gondii and rubella infection during antenatal care among women living in Franceville, Gabon.

Keywords: HIV; HTLV1; Pregnant women; Rubella virus; Toxoplasma gondii; Troponema pallidum; Gabon; Antenatal care

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Infectious diseases

Irene Pegha Moukandja, Edgard Brice Ngoungou, Guy Joseph Lemamy, Ulrick Bisvigou, Antoine Gessain, et al.. Non-malarial infectious diseases of antenatal care in pregnant women in Franceville, Gabon. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017, 17 (1), pp.185. ⟨10.1186/s12884-017-1362-0⟩. ⟨pasteur-01634619⟩