Afro-Egypt J Infect  Endem  Dis  2016 December ; 6(4):182

Case Report 2 :Rabies Through Organ Transplant                                Mariam Al Fadhli¹, Saroj Bella Grover¹, Mohamed Ahmed Saraya²

¹Department of the Medicine, Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kuwait.

²Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

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ABSTRACT

The rabies virus causes fatal encephalitis and can be transmitted through tissue or organ transplantation. In March 2015, a kidney recipient with no reported exposures to potentially rabid animals died from rabies after transplantation.