Table 2.

Cases of human rabies associated with organ transplantation in the US²,³ and Germany⁴

	Gender/age (years)	Organ transplanted	Onset of clinical rabies post-transplantation
Donor in US	Male/20	–	–
Recipient 1	Male/53	Liver	21 days
Recipient 2	Female/50	Kidney	27 days
Recipient 3	Male/18	Kidney	27 days
Recipient 4	Female/55	Iliac artery segment	27 days
Donor in Germany	Female/26	–	–
Recipient 1	Female/46	Lung	6 weeks
Recipient 2	Male/72	Kidney	5 weeks
Recipient 3	Male/47	Kidney and pancreas	5 weeks

Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Academic Press. Adapted with permission from Jackson AC. Human disease. In: Jackson AC, Wunner WH, editors. Rabies. 2nd ed. London: Elsevier Academic Press; 2007.²³