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/ q7 f* P9 f8 G, `( s* AA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.0 H6 a0 y8 B# X( F8 O1 s8 W
/ c$ p) P4 a# J) z3 b" B8 eThe 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. M2 e& s M9 H7 I- _
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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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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' X4 O' Z- F3 v# M8 {"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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: X9 D' z) x* o" ZMusto 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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% q; C! @1 w+ T7 H& }# 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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7 Q z- A. I' W$ [* oAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.( S+ O* }# {% T F0 \. }- c
; C% [. j! k' e' w# Z5 b"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said./ p( r n( `, ^% x( }
0 _) y/ Z: N! i7 f( gThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.. f& A; Z6 |: [* q% @4 Q$ t9 n
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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7 m4 ^1 Z& W0 ?$ K& U) t6 s( Q" H- ?Not connected to children's hospital cases
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2 e. u3 x0 ?5 `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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: u$ a) m1 p# }: ^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./ i8 p( e9 S" Y# u1 Z
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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., q4 t4 D4 _/ |2 v
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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.
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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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