A Michigan resident has died of rabies after receiving an organ transplant. The patient, who received the transplant at an ...
A kidney transplant patient has died in Ohio after receiving an organ infected with rabies. The recipient received care in ...
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iHeart on MSNPatient Dies After Getting Rabies From A Transplanted OrganOrgan donors are typically screened for various infections, but rabies is not usually tested due to the rarity of the disease ...
After the CDC confirmed a kidney transplant caused a fatal rabies infection, three other organ recipients from the same donor received post-exposure rabies prophylaxis, according to NBC News. In ...
Potential organ donors are screened for viruses, bacteria and other infections, but rabies isn’t usually among those tests.
A Michigan resident has died of rabies after apparently undergoing an organ transplant, health officials said.
The CDC Rabies Laboratory concluded that the patient "contracted rabies through the transplanted organ." Rabies is rare in humans in the U.S., with fewer than 10 deaths reported each year ...
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