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'Exceptionally Rare': Man Dies After Rabies-Infected Kidney Traced to Donor’s Skunk Scratch
The donor's undiagnosed rabies, traced to a skunk scratch linked to a bat variant, led to postexposure treatment for 46 contacts and precautionary removal of cornea grafts, CDC said.
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Michigan man dies after contracting rabies from transplanted kidney
Stock photo. A Michigan man has died after developing rabies transmitted through a donated kidney, in what US health officials have described as an exceptionally rare case. According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, the recipient began showing neurological symptoms about five weeks after receiving the transplant in Ohio, including tremors, weakness, confusion and incontinence, before being hospitalised with advanced…
A patient transplanted from a kidney in December 2024 in Michigan died a month later after contracting rabies via the transplanted organ. The donor, infected with a skunk without this being detected, had been infected with a...
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- 34% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
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