The Michigan resident died after arranging rabies over the transplanted organ, health officers confirmed.
In a statement received by People, the Ministry of Health and Human Services in Michigan (MDHHS) noted that the person received a transplant at the Ohi Hospital in December before died next month.
“I can confirm that the resident of Michigan died of rabies in January 2025. The person was a recent recipient of organ transplants, and a public health investigation found that they had contracted rabies over the transplanted organ,” said spokeswoman Lynn Sutfin Ue -Poruci.
“The organ transplant was carried out at the Ohi Hospital in December 2024. The Ministry of Health and Human Services in Michigan cooperated closely with the Health Department in Ohi and centers for the control and prevention of illness (CDC) on the investigation,” the statement added.
The patient and the type of organs that are transplanted are not identified.
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“The CDC rabies laboratory gave a rabies confirmation. The organ donor was not a resident of Michigan or Ochi. There are no additional information about the resident or donor,” the statement continued.
“There is no threat to the general public. Healthcare officials worked together that people, including health services providers, who were in contact with individuals in Michigan, were estimated for possible rabies exposure. Preventive care after exposure, if appropriate, it was secured,” it concluded.
The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department added in a statement received by people, “The recipient received care in Lucas County in Ohi, where they died. A multi-state public health investigation was conducted to determine the risk of presenting the recipient and did not find risk to the general public.”
“Since the recipient was a resident of Michigan, this will not reflect as a case with human rabies in Ohi. No residents of Lucas district have contracted or died from rabies,” the health department added.
It is believed to be the first human case of the rabies of the state since 2009, CBS News reported, referring to the disease control centers (CDC).
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “dog bites and scratches cause 99% of human rabies cases, and can be prevented through dogs and bite prevention.”
“The rabies spread to humans and animals through saliva, usually through snacks, scratches or direct contact with the mucous membranes (eg eyes, mouth or open wounds). Once clinical symptoms occur, the rabies is almost 100% fatal,” which also noted.
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According to the CDC, “rabies is a rare but serious concern for public health in the United States. Before 1960, several hundred people died from rabies every year.”
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The completion of the organ donor “is determined through a series of questions set families and contacts, physical examination and blood testing for the evidence of organ dysfunction and selected viral pathogens and syphilis of bloodshed. Laboratory for rabies is not implemented,” CDC said on its 2004.
The US Ministry of Health and Human Services, CDC, CDC rabies Laboratory and Health Department in Ohi did not immediately respond when people contacted for additional information.
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