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A man who received a kidney from a woman who was infected with rabies died Monday in northern Germany, the second death of a patient who was given one of the donor’s organs.
The unidentified 70-year-old man was believed to have died of rabies, according to the clinic in Hannoversch Muenden. He received a kidney Jan. 1.
A woman who received a lung from the same donor died Saturday. A third patient who also received organs from the 26-year-old woman remains hospitalized in critical condition.
The donor showed no symptoms of rabies at the time of her death, health officials have said. How she may have contracted rabies remains unclear.
Although rare in developed countries, rabies kills thousands of people each year in developing nations.
