LUCAS COUNTY, Ohio — A Michigan resident died from rabies after receiving a transplanted organ in Lucas County earlier this year, according to the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department.
Dr. Carl Schmidt, a deputy coroner with the Lucas County Coroner’s Office, said the recipient, who had undergone a kidney transplant in December, contracted the viral disease through the donated organ.
“The diagnosis was confirmed by sending tissue to the CDC,” Schmidt said. “The cause of death is rabies and complications.”…