Michigan patient dies after contracting rabies through a transplanted organ
Potential organ donors are screened for viruses, bacteria and other infections, but rabies isn’t usually among those tests.
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Patient dies from rabies after organ transplant from infected donor
A Michigan resident has died of rabies after receiving an organ transplant. The patient, who received the transplant at an Ohio hospital in December 2024, died of the fatal virus in January 2025 ...
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Michigan resident dies from rabies after contracting virus from transplanted organ, health officials say
A Michigan resident has died of rabies after receiving a transplanted organ in Ohio, the Toledo-Lucas County (Ohio) Health Department reported Wednesday. The Michigan Department of Health and ...
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In 'extremely rare' case, Michigan resident dies from rabies after receiving transplanted kidney carrying the virus
A Michigan resident has died from rabies following a kidney transplant at a hospital in Ohio. Investigations show that the donor had the virus when they died.
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Person dies of rabies after contracting virus from organ transplant
LUCAS COUNTY — A person died from rabies after receiving a transplanted organ in Lucas County earlier this year. The recipient, who had undergone a kidney transplant in December, contracted the ...
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Michigan resident dies due to rabies post organ donation: From milk to open wound, sources of rabies other than animal bite
What is rabies? Rabies virus belongs to the Lyssavirus genus in the Rhabdoviridae family. A zoonotic viral disease, rabies is preventable by vaccine. It affects the central nervous system and is ...