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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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M4 N# H2 S3 V; q+ XThe 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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, h' F- N1 b) B- TTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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8 L% e" o$ p4 ^+ c"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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2 a# B4 Q8 h! T- d5 ~# |5 _7 i"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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: Y' Y. _+ E& F r# C; @5 B* ]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."' v& s0 |. |" f3 M/ Y+ [0 W) a. t
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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.. p# d4 L" s3 b6 C4 L$ d0 z
& t: f5 e. f( X# D- p$ QAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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4 C) L5 t8 @6 k# `5 U( O2 j"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said., O7 ?6 i/ |% v7 j. J. R
. i$ ^! ~3 i" {# m5 N/ kThe 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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2 S( C( U B% S- j"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.! |. T a5 B# t: }/ a
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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.1 F% O2 w4 I* z2 v
* @* v0 R5 @5 j) z+ a' wThe 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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0 x: J+ P g" E& _"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.
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/ K0 d% ?8 y( [2 {) LEvery 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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