Table 1.
Case number | Date of illness onset | Village/town | Clinical criteriafor MPX* | Sex | Age | Description | Diagnosis |
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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.