A Michigan resident who received an organ transplant died after contracting rabies from the new organ, state health officials ...

A Michigan patient has died after contracting rabies through a transplanted organ, health officials have confirmed in a ...

A Michigan resident died earlier this year after contracting rabies from an organ transplant, health officials said. The ...

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Potential organ donors are screened for viruses, bacteria and other infections, but rabies isn’t usually among those tests.

Every year, around 60,000 Americans receive post-exposure care, and fewer than 10 rabies deaths are reported, according to the CDC.

The CDC Rabies Laboratory made the rabies confirmation,” MDHHS spokesperson Lynn Sutfin said in a statement. MDHHS said the organ donor is not a resident of Michigan or Ohio. They are not releasing ...