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# ?$ D# \, w. {. \# pA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.8 t! V- M( e. G( g, |4 }, o
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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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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.! q$ l7 ]4 C6 Q( q
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.3 K, u0 p5 k% e s, c% M4 o. [$ p7 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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( x& p: a5 J- s: F o8 `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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7 {! P6 [$ Y& h* E' KAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.1 W7 ?7 A5 |' S+ {7 U S! p/ A
& E( j. u, o. I, L" A# X u"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.5 t9 {/ W" m! y2 D6 E* U
0 Y+ h: k o- g; H! M8 S# }8 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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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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+ D# i+ ?( h0 A0 D6 h* g$ ~Not connected to children's hospital cases
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5 q5 c. F0 F% ^; u! AOfficials 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.7 G6 P. Q1 ~) Z, V
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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.3 ? }' X' m/ n* F7 u: r! {1 K# i% `
! `! T# J( e* T) [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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"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.! }+ o1 J C9 |
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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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