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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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; m0 G- r6 A+ q' yThe 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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; P4 n7 u. @+ G9 D/ eTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.6 H0 J) x" c% Q' d
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.* H) r; R5 p1 H
3 G% a& j6 o7 ?"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant.") B: x0 t" l" ^& I, b6 i
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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."+ Z3 U. _1 B$ ^
7 F: R1 T5 U! y2 D* M3 sThe 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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* j' H/ p$ t8 R6 C( j$ a- n. [Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March." n& {1 t0 Y$ \. C
& d' L9 o2 v+ U3 m: q- C"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.
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3 g0 u) H; i3 I. p: u+ o"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.9 B! b) l+ [5 w! B& c" N3 l
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: i0 v) k+ d1 H& a; v) h1 b0 rNot connected to children's hospital cases
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8 g. g' U8 m7 ~0 IOfficials 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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$ J! l! q5 V: d, l9 N5 A& vThe 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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& w9 d$ z7 Y: [2 \& UTed 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.: o T( a" [$ q9 ]
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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.3 T0 S& f, m, o2 f5 h
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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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