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% N( P+ q$ j( c8 M6 `/ \. \; BA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu. z/ `% q% k- U: u1 g8 W
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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.3 {9 R+ z& t) [: E" w/ |3 F
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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."- a( A, e3 t+ x7 a5 ?, D1 z2 M
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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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0 a" s) V) j% XAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.3 C0 b. w. n( Z1 Z3 v
; v7 {& Z: h3 v# z"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.; K: G5 l$ B, D
. o5 m7 C/ a, O8 E( k) }+ b4 ?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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: x% M6 d. w, L3 B"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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4 Z: V3 [' m9 r$ h4 ANot connected to children's hospital cases$ Z* M( b: U. V
1 Z4 P) Y, E' Y6 ^2 ]8 d! @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.& R' G+ K3 o) ] ]
0 R5 O$ \ U% S5 o2 @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." K) m5 v3 ]2 a6 O" d* ?
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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.4 f" |: C' A! M- B
1 p! Y, @7 l& M; y1 N, jEvery 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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