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) {4 i4 h& O4 nA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.
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3 d5 ^( G8 }: Y ?% t/ l- d: UThe victim, who was not named, had been sick for about two weeks before she was admitted to a Calgary hospital on June 29, said Dr. Richard Musto, medical officer of health for Calgary and area, on Thursday.
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1 h* q1 A6 T O# i6 o3 zTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.2 {1 ^. @' K( C J' r4 @3 E7 u- E) n
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters./ I) x% J1 `8 o5 v$ V& H; n0 u
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."; {+ x3 \7 B* A: k. X: z
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Musto did not name the hospital to which the woman was admitted but said that regular procedures were followed to "effectively protect other patients and staff."% _9 g/ ^9 K8 s& b0 l) R2 K
8 D( d' m8 g6 j: H2 EThe death is the third in Alberta that's been linked to swine flu. Two women with pre-existing medical conditions — one in the Edmonton area and one in northern Alberta — were the other cases.
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.5 K! i, i* j# |8 o# L; b5 S
$ G4 P4 p$ B8 H* }7 q"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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The majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.' B! s8 B. h4 Y
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: V6 g! w1 j9 UNot connected to children's hospital cases
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( |8 j: R, u6 o8 |! sOfficials said the death is not connected to an outbreak this week at the Alberta Children's Hospital, when two patients and a staff member were diagnosed with the H1N1 flu. A unit on the hospital's third floor was isolated to prevent the flu's spread.3 e( W( y' g1 @1 r' T9 ~: d# a8 U
- d; Z' M! [& B* Z$ d8 vThe patients were isolated in their private rooms on the weekend when they became symptomatic, and the staff member stayed at home upon becoming ill, said Musto. v$ n& l S. z* T: L \" A4 ?
: o e3 }/ H+ L7 l5 JTed Woynillowicz of Friends of Medicare in Calgary questioned why officials publicized the children's hospital while the facility where the woman was treated was not named.( I( |/ f. s b4 Y7 U% V
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"I think there's kind of a lack of consistency. And I think it should be publicized if it affects the public in some way," he said.1 i8 V( e& `3 g5 |4 ^( T! ~/ h8 _
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Every year 4,000 Canadians die from the flu and a high percentage of them have underlying conditions that play a large part in making them susceptible to serious consequences when they get the flu, he said. |
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但另一个方面，如艾滋病人也列入了流感高危人群的行列。究竟如何，还有待于专家们的努力工作。
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