A recipient of a kidney transplant presented a medical mystery when he died from rabies in january 2025 only weeks after his surgery in an ohio hospital, despite having had no documented contact with the disease. A rare case of rabies linked to an organ transplant has resulted in two deaths, federal health officials announced. A man has died after contracting rabies from a transplanted kidney, the u.s
Centers for disease control and prevention announced on thursday The donor, scratched by a skunk, unknowingly carried the virus This marks the 10th known case of an organ or tissue.
Only four donors have transmitted rabies to organ transplant recipients since 1978, according to federal officials By rylee kirk a man died of rabies after getting a kidney transplant from. A michigan organ recipient died of rabies after receiving a kidney from an idaho donor who was scratched by a skunk while saving a kitten, the cdc reports. Ashima sharda mahindra updated dec 9, 2025, 07:14 ist a kidney transplant recipient in michigan died after receiving an organ from a donor later found to be infected with rabies, marking one of only four such transmissions in nearly 50 years
