Table 2. Outbreak of 2016 according to our investigation in the Department of Health in Parakou, the Health Zone in Tchaourou, and Health Center of Kassouala and personal data (GKC, WHO Benin).
| Case | Label | Designation | Sex | Age | Location | Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NA | PC | F | 24 | Kassouala village, Tchaourou, Borgou | 12 December 2015 | Pregnant, was received at the Health Center of Kassouala on 31 December 2015 and was transferred to St Martin de Papané Hospital 3 January 2016. Died on 24 January 2016 |
| 2 | BEN-16-3490 | CC | M | 44 | St Martin de Papané Hospital, Tchaourou, Borgou | 8 January 2016 | Health worker at the St Martin de Papané Hospital who took care of case 1 at arrival. Blood sample 21 January 2016. Recovered, but still suffering from hearing loss and headaches one year after the onset. He remembers that the case 1 was spitting blood at arrival |
| 3 | BEN-16081 | CC | F | 32 | NA | 11 January 2016 | Merchant coming from Lagos, was hospitalized in Porto Novo, in the department of Ouémé, blood sample 30 January 2016, died |
| 4 | NA | CCa | F | 34 | Tchaourou, Borgou | 11 January 2016 | Merchant working in Tchaourou, blood sample 21 January 2016, recovered |
| 5 | BEN-16-3489 | CC | M | 25 | St Martin de Papané Hospital, Tchaourou, Borgou | 12 January 2016 | Health worker at the St Martin de Papané Hospital, blood sample 21 January 2016, recovered |
| 6 | BEN-16-3488 | CC | F | 24 | St Martin de Papané Hospital, Tchaourou, Borgou | 13 January 2016 | Health worker at the hospital St Martin de Papané Hospital, blood sample 21 January died |
| 7 | NA | CC | F | 25 | St Martin de Papané Hospital, Tchaourou, Borgou | 13 January 2016 | Health worker at the St Martin de Papané Hospital, blood sample 21 January 2016, recovered |
| 8 | NA | CC | F | 28 | Tchaourou, Borgou | 19 January 2016 | Housewife, Blood sample 25 and 30 January 2016, recovered |
| 9 | NA | PC | F | 39 | Kassouala, Tchaourou, Borgou | 22 January 2016 | Sister of case 1, consultation 24 January 2016, died |
| 10 | BEN 16-22 | CC | F | 0.3 | St Martin de Papané Hospital, Tchaourou, Borgou | 22 January 2016 | Baby of case 7, blood sample 28 January and 9 March 2016, recovered |
| 11 | BEN-16070 | CC | F | 30 | Banikanni, N’Dali, Borgou | 23 January 2016 | Merchant, blood sample 25 and 29 January 2016, recovered |
| 12 | NA | CC | F | 3 | Tekparou, Tchaourou, Borgou | 29 January 2016 | Blood sample 5 February 2016, died |
| 13 | BEN-16-15 | CC | F | 30 | Kadjola near Kassouala, Tchaourou, Borgou | 2 February 2016 | Merchant working in Tchaourou, blood sample 5 February 2016, died |
| 14 | NA | PC | M | 18 | Sekere Sinendé, Borgou | NA | Linked with case 15, consultation 29 January 2016, died 7 February 2016 |
| 15 | BEN-16071 | CC | M | 12 | Sekere Sinendé, Borgou | 3 February 2016 | Blood sample 7 February 2016, recovered |
| 16 | BEN 16-16 | CC | F | 25 | Tchatchou, Parakou Borgou | 5 February 2016 | Merchant working in Tchaourou, blood sample 5 February 2016, died |
| 17 | BEN-16069 | CC | F | 60 | Village near Papané, Tchaourou, Borgou | 16 February 2016 | Merchant working in Tchaourou, blood sample 23 February and 10 March 2016, recovered |
| 18 | BEN-16082 | CC | M | 30 | Djougou, Donga | 26 February 2016 | Blood sample 5 March 2016, died |
| 19 | NA | CC | M | 32 | Djougou, Donga | 1 March 2016 | Farmer, blood sample 5 March 2016, recovered |
| 20 | BEN-16090 | CC | M | 34 | Djougou, Donga | 12 March 2016 | Merchant working in Djougou, blood sample 13 March 2016, died |
| 21 | BEN-16131 | CC | F | 25 | Boukouro village, Tchaourou, Borgou | 28 March 2016 | Merchant working in Tchaourou, blood sample 10 April 2016, died |
Notes: Patients are presented chronologically according to the date of symptoms. 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.
aDetected positive by q-PCR in using the prototype Altona kit V1-02, but negative by conventional PCR.