[neverdem]

What are the testing standards set forth by the American Association of Tissue Banks relating to rabies? Any blood test at this stage should make it evident the tissue is useless, right?

I don't do transplants and don't have a clue.

The article states, "Federal officials are expected to review the findings to determine whether to add rabies to the routine tests for all organ donors. Donors are now tested for H.I.V., hepatitis B and C, HTLV-1, cytomegalovirus and syphilis."

HTLV-1 is HIV.

[endthematrix]

This isn't the first time of human to human rabies transmission. Eye and skin grafts have transfered rabies. The CDC has some outdated 80's stuff and they reference standards performed via AATB. Also, who may have done the service might exceed those standards. If you test for HIV some anomaly should have come up, prior to death (untimely) his counts should have been all over and a review been made. He was misdiagnosed plain and simple. Lawsuit anyone?

[neverdem]

HTLV-1 is HIV NOT.

I looked for HIV at first in that sentence and didn't see it.

IIRC, HTLV-3 is what we now call HIV.