Table 1. Outbreak of 2014.
| Case | Label | Designation | Sex | Age | Location | Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NA | PC | F | NA | Tchaourou commune | 3 October 2014 | Pregnant 1st spouse, died 2 days after giving birth to a baby girl |
| 2 | NA | PC | F | NA | Tchaourou commune | 4 October 2014 | 2nd spouse who took care of the baby when the 1st spouse died, died |
| 3 | NA | SC | F | NA | Tchaourou commune | NA | 3rd spouse was sick, but recovered |
| 4 | NA | PC | M | NA | Tchaourou commune | 4 October 2014 | Child sleeping with the baby, died |
| 5 | NA | PC | F | 2 weeks | Tchaourou commune | 15 October 2014 | Was transported by the father from the Nigerian border to the hamlet of Serhounghè, Cobly village. Kept by the family of a traditional healer. Hospitalized at the Saint Jean de Dieu Hospital in Tanguieta, died |
| 6 | NA | PC | F | NA | Cobly village near Tanguieta | 18 October 2014 | 2nd spouse of the traditional healer, took care of the baby, died |
| 7 | NA | PC | F | NA | Cobly village near Tanguieta | 20 October 2014 | 3rd spouse of the traditional healer, took care of the baby, died |
| 8 | BEN-14-26530 | CC | F | 22 | St Jean de Dieu Hospital, Tanguieta | 21 October 2014 | Health worker in neonatology service, died. Blood sample 23 October 2014 |
| 9 | BEN-14-26529 | CC | F | 29 | St Jean de Dieu Hospital, Tanguieta | 23 October 2014 | Health worker in neonatology service, died. Blood sample 25 October 2014. |
| 10 | NA | PC | M | 32 | St Jean de Dieu Hospital, Tanguieta | 24 October 2014 | Health worker in neonatology service, died |
| 11 | NA | SC | F | 27 | St Jean de Dieu Hospital, Tanguieta | 26 October 2014 | Health worker in neonatology service, recovered |
| 12 | NA | PC | M | 57 | St Jean de Dieu Hospital, Tanguieta | 2 November 2014 | Pediatrician who treated the baby girl, died |
| 13 | NA | PC | NA | 5 months | Cobly village near Tanguieta | 8 November 2014 | Baby of case 6, died |
Notes: Patients are presented chronologically according to the date of symptoms (chain of events related in Sambieni et al. 2016 and data compiled by CKC, WHO Benin). SC: suspected case, PC: probable case, CC: confirmed case. The location indicates where exposure is presumed to have taken place. Coloured rows correspond to laboratory-confirmed cases. NA: not available.