A Michigan man who received a kidney transplant in late 2024 died from rabies , transmitted from the donor's organ, weeks later, the Centers for Disease Control said in a report issued this month.

"(The) diagnosis of rabies in a kidney transplant recipient with no recognized animal exposure resulted in a multistate public health investigation to ascertain whether the kidney donor had undiagnosed rabies, identify other donor organs and tissues, and identify rabies-exposed persons," the CDC said in its Dec. 4 Morbidity and Mortality report.

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