Table 1 Published data on maternal and pregnancy outcomes after EBOV infection

 Southern Sudan (1976) [69]

NS

NS

NS

NS

Occasional premature labour

 Zaire, Yambuku (1976) [18]

82

NS

NS

Died: 73/82 (89%)

Spontaneous abortion:

 18/73 who died

 1/9 who survived

Live births to women who died: 11 (0 surviving beyond 19 days)

 Zaire, Kikwit (1995) [17]

15

1st: 4 (25%)

Mean: 32

Died: 14/15 (93%)

Spontaneous abortion:

2nd: 6 (40%)

Range: 24–38

 9/14 who died

3rd: 5 (33%)

 1/1 who survived

Stillbirth at 32 weeks: 1

Full term live delivery: 1 (newborn died 3 days later, mother died due to extreme genital bleeding)

 Gulu, Uganda [70]

1

28 weeks

30

Discharged alive

Spontaneous abortion

 DRC, Isiro (2012) [71]

1

7 months

29

Died one day after delivery

Premature delivery on day 6 of disease, newborn died at 8 days

 DRC, Equateur (July-Oct 2014) [47]

1

NS

NS

Died

Died in utero with mother

 Liberia, Monrovia (after August 2014)^a [48]

1

Late stage

31

Died

Died in utero with mother

 Liberia, Monrovia (Aug - Oct 2014)^a [53]

4

Late 2nd /3rd

NS

Died: 3 (75%)

Miscarriage shortly before maternal death: 3

Fetus carried to term: 0

 Guinea, Guéckédou (Feb/March 2014)^b [50]

1

NS

16

Died^g

Spontaneous abortion

 Guinea, Guéckédou (June 2014)^c [51]

2

7 months

20s

Survived

Stillbirths

 Guinea, Guéckédou (Dec 2014/Jan 15)^c [52]

2

4 months; 5 months

40/22

Survived

Miscarriages

 Guinea, Conakry (2015) [56]

1

35–36 weeks

25

Died day of delivery (treated with favipiravir outside, but as per JIKI trial procedures) [38]

Live girl, EBOV qRT-PCR positive, monitored emergency use of ZMapp on days 2, 5, 8; buffy coat transfusion from EVD survivor on day 11

 Sierra Leone, Kailahun (2014–2015)^d [57]

1

36 weeks

34

Survived

Induced delivery after diagnosis of intrauterine fetal death

 Sierra Leone, Kailahun, Kenema (May/June 2014) [55]

1

35^h

NS

Died^h

Miscarriage

 Sierra Leone, Bo (2014/2015)^e [58]

1

7 months

20

Survived

Stillborn fetus

 Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia MSF Ebola Treatment Centers (2014–2016) [56]

54^f

2nd/3rd trimester

NS

NS

2nd trimester miscarriages: 35

Neonatal death: 1 (after 2 days)

 Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia MSF Ebola Treatment Centers (1 April 2014–15 April 2015)^f [54] [49]

77^f [54]

1st: 16

41/77 died:

Stillbirth: 30

 22 undelivered

Neonatal death: 1

2nd: 26

 18 delivered before death 36/77 survived [49] [54]

3rd: 28

Missing information:7

Guinea & Sierra Leone (April 2015–2016)ⁱ [43] [72]

>20

NS

2 spontaneous abortions