Final Thoughts

Over the past ten weeks of this blog we have examine the topic about organ transplant thoroughly. I hope that this blog was informative and helpful . Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share with you guys about this topic and thank you for giving me feedback to further improve my work. After writing this blog, I am truly amaze at some of the stuff that I have learn. I hope you guys learned as much as I learn about organ transplant from writing this blog. 

Over the past ten weeks we have covered... 

• The basic of organ transplant
• Anti-rejection drugs
• A test that can save future kidney recipients
• The debate about organ market
• Myths or Facts 
• FAQ
• A possible solution to organ transplant problem
• The history
• A patient who got rabies through organ transplant

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Chapter 9: Rabies from an organ transplant

As we should all know by now, getting an organ transplant should be a life saving procedure. Organ transplant has been done in the United States since the 1950s. The procedure is always improving and transplants are more successful than ever today. There are many protocols that the doctors have to go through for both the patient and donor before an organ transplant can be preformed.

In this unfortunate case, a Maryland man died from rabies because of an organ transplant after 18 months. The patient who is an army veteran received a kidney and contracted rabies. Rabies can be very fatal if it is left untreated. Globally an estimate of 55,000 people die of rabies every year and approximately 2 human rabies death are reported in the United State every year. However, the death are usually related to bats and not raccoon.  The CDC conducted a study and found out that the donor and the recipients both detected "rabies virus antigens, rabies virus neutralizing antibodies, rabies virus". Later, after an interview with the donor's family, it was concluded that the donor had a significant amount of wildlife exposure. The donor is a 20 year old who got sick from a fishing trip in Florida where he was undergoing Air Force Training. The donor also had two raccoon bites but did not seek medical treatment for it. There was three other recipients who also received organ from this donor but there are no signs or symptoms of rabies. They are also being monitored and being treated.

Reference:

• http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/07/24/organs-from-man-with-rabies-transplanted-into-four-people/
• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130723180606.htm