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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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$ h/ s# y6 `6 S/ M, d- hThe 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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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.5 g) ]: E, V7 [, W9 i1 ^6 t
" e- R ?* c+ L \( E"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters., M0 |9 O4 \* I0 t4 z/ {
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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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."
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The 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.# @; m3 j' n: V! T1 {( Q R' p
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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' G( P. p1 b, n2 l- GThe 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.3 G5 d- l9 m* V, f
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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Officials 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. I: w$ ^1 Z% `$ S; x* h, H
4 f9 }' q" E; \' J9 f. d3 {The 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.7 @# ]! x, O9 W- b0 U% ~7 c; K
. W# E z5 [: ?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.: A- w) _7 @9 O2 F
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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.$ \6 i# A) j! [+ c+ S% `% d) m* q8 _+ x6 E
# ]; {4 g2 ^( ?9 L/ u) @" o( OEvery 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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