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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.( w4 @' x8 i; J
- Z8 ?0 `: K0 @/ ^- V6 s% r; G0 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.( T! z/ Z+ q& K" ` Q/ j
' q* h& A% k8 ` ETests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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$ s: o. U O5 U"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters. ]2 b& M) n# V% w; G% q6 E" N" `% Z+ x
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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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. f5 _$ e6 d! UMusto 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.- a0 n. |; G; e. y
7 v/ {- z) _' o8 a1 q: j, C( f$ KAlberta 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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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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$ q7 J/ J' ?4 r& h1 v5 X7 ?"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.4 g# B5 c: y5 M/ Z* F7 ^% d' w9 U
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Not connected to children's hospital cases# T" d/ A9 }0 n' X9 r! e$ I
9 k7 H) {& T D# F5 \6 }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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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.% b; U4 a' D5 H, Z) Z4 }. m
9 b/ F8 L+ N. M: v uEvery 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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