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Michigan resident dies from rabies after contracting virus from transplanted organ, well being officers say

By Editorial Board Published March 28, 2025 2 Min Read
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Michigan resident dies from rabies after contracting virus from transplanted organ, well being officers say

DETROIT, Mich. (CBS Detroit) — A Michigan resident has died of rabies after receiving a transplanted organ in Ohio, the Toledo-Lucas County (Ohio) Well being Division reported Wednesday. 

The Michigan Division of Well being and Human Companies confirmed the report, saying the affected person died in January and the transplant occurred in December.

“A public health investigation determined they contracted rabies through the transplanted organ,” the Michigan company stated.

The affected person had obtained a transplanted organ and was underneath care in Lucas County, the place they died. As a result of the particular person was a Michigan resident, it is going to be counted as a Michigan human rabies case slightly than an Ohio one, the native well being division stated. In keeping with the Facilities for Illness Management (CDC), it’s Michigan’s first human case of rabies since 2009. 

Lucas County and its county seat of Toledo are simply south of the Michigan-Ohio state line. Authorities from each states had been concerned within the investigation; and the CDC made the rabies affirmation.

The organ donor was not a resident of Michigan or Ohio, Michigan officers added.  

“A multi-state public health investigation was conducted to determine the risk of exposure to the recipient and found no risk to the general public,” the Toledo well being report stated. 

The CDC explains that rabies is a viral illness that’s lethal to people if medical care shouldn’t be obtained earlier than signs begin. It’s often unfold to people and pets via bites or scratches from an contaminated animal. 

Fewer than 10 deaths are reported every year amongst people in the US. 

Annually, 60,000 People obtain medical care after a possible rabies publicity. 

“Post exposure preventative care, if appropriate, has been provided,” the Michigan company stated in its assertion about this case. 

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