A Michigan resident died earlier this year after contracting rabies from an organ transplant, health officials said. The patient had the organ transplanted at a hospital in Ohio in December and died in January, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Lynn Sutfin said.

A Michigan patient received a transplanted organ in December, then died the following month of rabies contracted from that organ, the state's health department says. The patient was not identified, nor was the organ that was transplanted,

A Michigan resident contracted rabies through an organ transplant and died, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHSS) confirmed. Rabies is a fatal viral disease and is usually spread to people and pets through the bites and scratches of an infected animal,

Local leaders are reminding the community that organ donation is safe and secure. This comes after the rabies death of a kidney transplant recipient in Ohio.

Potential organ donors are screened for viruses, bacteria and other infections, but rabies isn’t usually among those tests.

A Michigan resident has died of rabies after apparently undergoing an organ transplant, health officials said.