A patient finally got off the organ transplant list. A month later, they died of rabies

A Michigan resident died earlier this year after contracting rabies, pictured under a microscope, from a transplanted kidney, officials say - (CDC)

A Michigan resident who received a kidney transplant died a month later after contracting rabies from the infected organ, officials say.

The patient received a transplant from a hospital across the state border in Ohio’s Lucas County in December, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement Wednesday.