Organ swap patients killed by rabies

Three people died of rabies after receiving infected organs from the same donor in what the US government says are the first documented cases of the disease being spread through transplants.

Organ swap patients killed by rabies

Three people died of rabies after receiving infected organs from the same donor in what the US government says are the first documented cases of the disease being spread through transplants.

Officials are now looking into whether transplant organs should be screened for the rabies virus.

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