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Rabid organ transplant kills Maryland man
CDC officials say that both donor and recipient had a type of rabies usually linked to raccoons
A man in the US state of Maryland has died of rabies, which he contracted from an infected kidney transplant more than a year ago, health officials say.
The early March death has led officials to treat three other patients who received organs from the same donor.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say doctors did not suspect rabies as the cause of death in the donor and did not test for it.
CDC officials say that both donor and recipient had a type of rabies usually linked to raccoons
A man in the US state of Maryland has died of rabies, which he contracted from an infected kidney transplant more than a year ago, health officials say.
The early March death has led officials to treat three other patients who received organs from the same donor.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say doctors did not suspect rabies as the cause of death in the donor and did not test for it.
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