Table 1.

Characteristics of suspected cases of monkeypox reported to health authorities in Likouala region, 2010

Case number	Date of illness onset	Village/town	Clinical criteriafor MPX*	Sex	Age	Description	Diagnosis
1	22 April 2010	Ikpembele	Yes	M	2 yr	Developed disseminated rash following bite from captive monkey	−MPX/−VZV (presumed drug reaction)
2	25 May 2010†	Boyele Port‡	Insufficient information	F	7 yr	Originally from Kombe, DRC	+MPX
3	1 September 2010	Ebobo‡	Yes	F	16 yr	3 family members with similar symptoms, one death during illness; Pygmy ethnicity noted	+MPX
4	19 September 2010	Boyele Center	Insufficient information	F	8 yr	–	Undetermined§
5	18 October 2010	Mbanza-Mokpetene	Yes	M	10 yr	Pygmy ethnicity noted	+Non-venereal Treponemapallidum subsp. pertenue6
6	20 November 2010	Maybelou	Yes	F	9 yr	Severely underweight	Undetermined§
7	21 November 2010	Maybelou	Yes	M	12 yr	Severely underweight	Undetermined§

^*Clinical criteria consistent with surveillance case definition for suspected monkeypox: vesicular pustular eruption characterized by hard and deep pustules not explained by any other disease, and a febrile prodrome, or lymphadenopathy (auxillary, auricular, cervical), or lesions on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.

^†Rash onset (unless otherwise noted, date denotes onset of fever or first symptom).

^‡Approximate latitude/longitude coordinates Boyele Port 2.547987/18.176879, and Ebobo 3.167940/18.484497.

^§Laboratory testing not performed because of lack of availability of specimen transport.