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% e6 w6 D# j: k+ L6 [6 ^! ~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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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., z0 P% K1 @3 G0 M0 J7 ?% X/ `
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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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"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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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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3 F# `, j( h6 {' iAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.: R% s' l5 k0 K6 o
8 t4 U) @. L7 b3 @, e( {9 I& 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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: \& O8 V7 o/ u: M6 D i"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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& i' }( w: e7 Z& J" ~: ~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.3 A( `0 f+ K. i* @; [
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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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6 j& j" n5 T3 L) X1 @8 A; S5 pTed 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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* V1 l* O& w, E, L' O9 A* J9 B: [) S7 t/ I"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., C2 _: D/ e( W( t9 y
, o2 [7 I5 _; b" n# T( FEvery 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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