Maryland Rabies Death from Organ Donation

The news is just out this morning that the source of rabies in the Maryland man struck down by the disease was a kidney transplant in 2011.  Information is still scant but the AP reports

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a rabies death in Maryland was caused by an organ transplant.
The agency said Friday that three other people in Florida, Georgia and Illinois who got organs from the same donor are getting anti-rabies shots.
The donor died of rabies in Florida in 2011 after moving there from North Carolina.
The CDC says it's working with public health officials and health care facilities in all five states to identify people who were in close contact with the initial donor or the four organ recipients. The agency says those people might need rabies post-exposure treatment.

The Washington Post quoted unnamed sources offering more details.  

The recipient died at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington after being in the hospital for about a month, according to the people with knowledge of the case, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. He had received a kidney from a Florida man in an operation at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in 2011.

Marylander dies from rabies

Details are still sketchy but a Maryland resident recently died of rabies.  We do not yet know when the death occurred or where, whether it was a man or woman, adult or child.  Full story here.