A Kidney Transplant Came With an Unwelcome Hitchhiker: A Deadly Tick Germ

February 25, 2025

A tick on a person's finger

(Gizmodo) – Health officials in Wisconsin and Minnesota have documented a rare case of donor-derived ehrlichiosis.

A person’s precious organ donation came with an unexpected visitor. In a new paper out this month, scientists have documented an unconventional way of catching a rare germ normally spread by ticks: from a person’s infected donated kidney. (Read More)