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 Human Services confirmed the report,

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

A Michigan man has died from rabies after contracting it during an organ transplant. NBC News reports that the unidentified man had a kidney transplant procedure in December and died back in January,

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

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

A Michigan resident has died of rabies after receiving a transplanted organ from an infected donor, marking another case of the deadly virus being transmitted through organ transplantation in the United States,

The Department of Health and Human Services is canceling tens of billions of dollars in federal grants that state and local health departments were using to track infectious diseases, health

A Michigan resident died earlier this year after contracting rabies from an organ transplant, health officials said. The patient had the organ transplanted at a hospital in Ohio in December and died in January, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Lynn Sutfin said.

Health officials in Michigan and Ohio confirmed an unidentified Michigan resident died earlier this year after contracting rabies from an organ transplant. According to CBS News, the patient was being treated in Lucas County, Ohio, where the patient died.

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