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A man in the US died of anger after receiving a kidney transplant. The investigations concluded that the donor had the virus when he died.
In December, a patient from Michigan (USA) successfully received a kidney transplantation At the Medical Center of the University of Toledo (UTMC), in Ohio (USA).
It was thought that the process was doing well, but the patient Died with the anger virus in January.
Subsequent investigations found that The kidney you received came from a virus carrier.
It was the first human case of rabies in Michigan since 2009, the Associated Press told the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHS) spokesman, Lynn Sutfin.
According to, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that the organ donor was exposed to the anger of a wild animal five weeks before he died.
The donor did not die with “traditional anger symptoms” and did not notify public health authorities about animal exposure.
Anger is a deadly disease caused by the anger virus that affects the central nervous system of mammals – including humans.
The virus is normally transmitted by the saliva of an infected animal Through open bites and wounds, such as scratches.
The time that runs between the exposure and the appearance of Symptoms varies between weeks and months, but – as it writes – symptoms usually occur Earlier when the wound is closer to the brain.
Initially, symptoms resemble a flu (fever, headaches, weakness), but evolve to neurological problems such as confusion, hallucinations, paralysis and finally coma and death.
According to the CDC in the US, 7 out of 10 people who die of anger are infected with bats; In the rest of the world, the Domestic dogs cause over 95% of the approximately 70,000 annual deaths from human anger.
Four people saved in time
In the statement, the CDC detailed that, in addition to the donor’s kidney, doctors implemented corneal grafts from the same man’s eyes in three other patients.
All patients who received transplants from donor corneal tissue have since received Post-exposure prophylax vaccines for anger And they are out of Pergigo.
“The CDC also worked with Missouri health authorities to prevent a corneal graft fourth before it was deployed in another fourth person.”
Although organs are examined before transplantation, tests to detect anger and other rare diseases take several days, while donated organs are only viable for transplantation in a matter of hours – he explained to Wood TV8, Daniel Kaulteacher of infectious diseases at the University of Michigan.
The expert also sensitized to the fact that cases such as being extremely rare and should not discourage patients from receiving organ transplants: “The risk of not receiving a transplant in case of bankruptcy of an organ is much greater than this type of rare situation”.
