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Organ transplant patient dies from rabies
Michigan resident received transplant in December
Mar 30, 2025
DEVNA BOSE AP Health Writer
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.
A subsequent investigation that also involved the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Ohio Department of Health determined the patient got rabies from the donated organ. Sutfin did not specify which organ was transplanted...
Organ transplant patient dies from rabies
Michigan resident received transplant in December
Mar 30, 2025
DEVNA BOSE AP Health Writer
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.
A subsequent investigation that also involved the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Ohio Department of Health determined the patient got rabies from the donated organ. Sutfin did not specify which organ was transplanted...