[The importance of sickle cell anemia in a pediatric environment in Gabon].

According studies run during four years (1992-1995) in the Pediatric Unit of Libreville Hospital, to determine importance and features of sickle-cell disease in children in Gabon, profit and mode of regular follow-up, data of hospitalisation and management of children with sickle-cell disease were found as follow: Sickle-cell disease is third rank of admission motivations (13% of total admissions), and first after 4 years. Mortality is 8.4% of total mortality.

[Current aspects of sickle cell disease in children in Gabon].

Background: Clinical manifestations and course of sickle-cell anemia are variable. Knowledge about the factors, possibly geographic, that influence prognosis are still scanty.

Population And Methods: Data of hospitalization and management of children with sickle-cell disease were studied during two years (1992-1993) in the Pediatric Unit of Libreville Hospital.

[Digestive cryptosporidiosis in young children in an urban area in Gabon].

A 27 month epidemiological survey of cryptosporidiosis in stools was conducted in 288 Gabonese children aged between 0 and 2 years (mean 10.2 months). By at least one of two staining techniques, acid-fast and direct immunofluorescence, the rate of infection was determined to be 24%.