Publications by authors named "Ingrid Precilya Koumba Koumba"
Biochemical and hematological factors associated with COVID-19 severity among Gabonese patients: A retrospective cohort study.
Nadine N'dilimabaka Dieudonné Mounguegui Mounguegui Sonia Etenna Lekana-Douki Marisca Kandet Yattara Judicaël Obame-Nkoghe Ingrid Precilya Koumba Koumba Schedy Koumba Moukouama
Front Cell Infect Microbiol
January 2023
The COVID-19 disease presents a large range of clinical manifestations and includes asymptomatic, mild, and severe cases. The level of severity is related to parameters associated with immunity, genetics, and biochemistry. Africa shows one of the lowest COVID-19 fatality rates but very few data on the biochemical markers of COVID-19 in patients and the factors associated with disease severity are available for the continent.
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- Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) co-infection is common in Gabon, and co-infected individuals tend to progress more rapidly to AIDS.
- * The study involved 299 individuals, revealing a 7.7% prevalence of HTLV-1 infection, with women and older age being risk factors for co-infection.
- * Results indicated higher CD4+ cell counts and a lower HIV-1 viral load in co-infected individuals compared to those with just HIV-1, emphasizing the need for improved prevention and management strategies for co-infections.