美國一名器官移植患者感染狂犬病後死亡_風聞

A Michigan resident has died after receiving an organ transplant infected with rabies, state health officials said on March 26, 2025.

密歇根州衞生官員2025年3月26日表示，一名密歇根州居民在接受感染狂犬病的器官移植後死亡。

The patient got the transplant at an Ohio hospital in December and passed away the following month.

該患者於12月在俄亥俄州的一家醫院接受了移植手術，並於次月去世。

The exact type of organ and the patient’s identity have not been shared, according to NBC News, which also reported that the organ donor did not live in Michigan or Ohio.

據美國全國廣播公司新聞報道，器官的確切類型和患者的身份尚未公佈，該報道還報道稱，器官捐獻者不住在密歇根州或俄亥俄州。

“A public health investigation determined they contracted rabies through the transplanted organ,” Lynn Sutfin, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said in a statement.

美國衞生與公眾服務部（HHS）發言人林恩·薩特芬在一份聲明中表示：“一項公共衞生調查確定，他們是通過移植器官感染狂犬病的。”。

Health officials from Michigan, Ohio and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) worked together to investigate the death. The CDC’s Rabies Laboratory confirmed that the patient did have rabies.

密歇根州、俄亥俄州和美國疾病控制和預防中心（CDC）的衞生官員共同調查了這起死亡事件。美國疾病控制與預防中心的狂犬病實驗室證實，該患者確實患有狂犬病。

“Health officials worked together to ensure that people, including health care providers, who were in contact with the Michigan individual were assessed for possible exposure to rabies,” the HHS statement said. “Post exposure preventive care, if appropriate, has been provided.”

衞生和公眾服務部的聲明説：“衞生官員共同努力，確保對與密歇根州個人接觸的人，包括醫療保健提供者，進行狂犬病可能暴露的評估。”。“如果合適，已經提供了暴露後預防性護理。”

Rabies is usually spread through the saliva or blood of infected animals like bats, raccoons or stray dogs. Early symptoms can feel like the flu, such as fever and nausea.

狂犬病通常通過蝙蝠、浣熊或流浪狗等受感染動物的唾液或血液傳播。早期症狀可能感覺像流感，如發燒和噁心。

As the disease worsens, people may have trouble swallowing, drool a lot or even hallucinate. Rabies is almost always deadly if not treated right away.

隨着病情的惡化，人們可能會吞嚥困難，流口水很多，甚至產生幻覺。如果不立即治療，狂犬病幾乎總是致命的。

In the U.S., fewer than 10 people die of rabies each year, according to the CDC.

根據美國疾病控制與預防中心的數據，在美國，每年死於狂犬病的人數不到10人。

Potential organ donors are screened for many diseases, but rabies is not commonly tested for. The test takes too long, and the infection is very rare.

潛在的器官捐獻者會接受許多疾病的篩查，但狂犬病通常不會進行檢測。檢測時間太長，感染非常罕見。

This is not the first time rabies has been spread through organ donation, however. In 2013, a kidney transplant patient died after getting an organ from a donor who later was found to have died of rabies in Florida.

然而，這並不是狂犬病第一次通過器官捐獻傳播。2013年，一名腎移植患者在佛羅里達州從一名後來被發現死於狂犬病的捐贈者那裏獲得器官後死亡。

In 2004, three people also died after receiving organs from a rabies-infected donor in Arkansas.

2004年，阿肯色州有三人在接受狂犬病感染捐贈者的器官後死亡。

接受器官移植的患者佔比還是比較低的；美國官方體積死於狂犬病的人數不到10人，確診死於狂犬病的患者器官不可能用於移植。狂犬病的潛伏期通常在1-3個月，但也有短至1周或長達1年以上的情況。美國養寵物確實很普遍。但這和這麼多移植患者感染對不上，除非很多器官捐贈都在潛伏期。個人推測存在國際性的器官非法走私，造成一些狂犬病死亡者的器官被用於移植。