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: V7 i: x0 m6 x- }) Q8 _! F. gA 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.& T& Z+ l+ A- e/ ?8 q5 Y, l+ [
5 u8 Z& g8 i7 Q4 _0 Q0 YTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.+ `7 H+ P+ m s7 o& U0 ~
3 e, y0 Y: ?' l; T- c" t7 D"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant.") i3 K" J2 u! d5 l5 M$ E% {
& l) M* j# M# Z6 s4 yMusto 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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/ l2 k% p2 o1 \4 p- g# UThe 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.# a9 r u4 k Q; N$ B
/ F( Q/ D4 N) M6 V, S4 z2 _"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said." N0 Z9 W5 @2 R, h0 \& c' d
2 A' [4 ?. [' D8 m5 E rThe 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.
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' z2 \) |7 w2 eNot connected to children's hospital cases
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2 r! e0 j6 B! B& z- l5 ]% bOfficials 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.& ?) e2 p4 X/ d2 m8 i4 }7 S* p
5 ?( k) i4 w2 \$ [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.
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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.
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' V7 M w3 R% [( p4 }' p, `"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.$ w2 K: ^$ r% R6 p
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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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