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A 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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The 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 z$ r% }& k A2 N1 {+ \$ FTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.( k" a7 p4 Z2 m8 }7 A5 c a; y
# z& i9 d2 K( x3 v5 T"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."5 M$ |& b7 g- Z: `- D) Q
& x( j0 O, \3 `7 C2 ]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."
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# K I# z& ^ k4 ^3 i- SThe 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.
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3 m- ~: i; C/ j( ^; D, v"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./ E! p# p6 Z$ A' A2 i* s0 ^4 x1 e
3 @/ h" g: X0 T4 u$ Q" T"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.& r1 h( v/ ]6 H+ t/ \% T
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2 w$ B, G# I% e9 x- H2 U5 S1 jNot connected to children's hospital cases3 d: j2 `% Q' L& p6 B' m5 g
: t; Q5 G9 o6 E: g9 ?. MOfficials 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.
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M- e4 Q4 t' e3 s0 R% gThe 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.' [! r; _+ \" E! N8 {8 f9 C6 X2 J
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Ted 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.' ?) t% `, D# p' ^& K
( v- x) c4 l$ b"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.# V4 p; B3 u) e- Z8 c
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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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