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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.7 Y' Y v( q4 E8 I3 G( R4 t1 [
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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.- p7 E1 P) G' K4 n
' i) g6 b! z# b% XTests 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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+ E9 d1 z: ], T5 S JThe 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.! W- X: H1 r8 q+ Y. S
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Alberta 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.
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' g; T1 J* ^; @, z: P" k# z( `The majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.9 M7 r$ o' P, ^
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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. r; a! o( s/ V; [4 }" {0 QNot connected to children's hospital cases! f& C& B+ T( w/ N
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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.& W* Q7 m. i* C: Q/ J0 R
: N* b2 T; `& Q o/ QThe 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. D7 S1 R; \1 U
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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.
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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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# N6 a/ ^" n1 u( Y/ \5 `: ZEvery 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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