LUCAS COUNTY — A person died from rabies after receiving a transplanted organ in Lucas County earlier this year.
The recipient, who had undergone a kidney transplant in December, contracted the viral disease through the donated organ, according to the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, WTOL reported.
As the recipient was from Michigan, Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services worked with the Ohio Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate the case.
It marks the first human case of rabies in Michigan since 2009, according to WTOL.
No additional individuals are at risk of rabies exposure, according to the CDC.
However, according to the University of Toledo Medical Center’s website, it is the only organ transplant center in northwest Ohio.
Fewer than 10 people in the United States die from rabies each year, according to the CDC. »
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