France, Oct. 10 -- By the time Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case, the patient had already travelled across three countries.

The Kenyan man at the centre of the country's first confirmed case had lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for seven years. He fell ill there and received treatment at several hospitals before beginning his journey home to Kenya.

On 2 October, he travelled by road from Beni in the DRC to Kampala, Uganda. The following day, he boarded a flight to Nairobi, arriving at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. He was taken to Nairobi Hospital, isolated and assessed.

His symptoms included fever, chills, fatigue, muscle pain, painful swallowing, sore throat and bleeding beneath the skin. Samples taken from th...