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1 V5 P8 {( I: K* i: M/ CA 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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5 u1 X; t8 v5 p/ \+ _% k0 {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.% w9 Z+ d( ]4 S
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"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."
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& q2 L4 m7 g: ~/ AMusto 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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6 i, C$ K2 i: d' |9 kAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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2 o- M* c# k( m% _: x"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.* A8 @3 A0 I3 N' Y% s
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.. |+ t; p# F8 I. B% X" V
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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7 m+ k" ?, C% {* X- a: u, v* M: t ?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.
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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.
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, J1 W" K4 a2 s8 b) x7 VTed 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.$ e* ]! H0 c0 T) h: G5 N
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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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