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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.% |8 R9 Q1 x1 T( f3 o
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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.: y: v3 ~+ @' s7 B5 F V7 V
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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3 A; U) b. M, F. m) u8 M: G* [% P* y"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."6 {) [# l4 z5 M" t
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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.( S; ?8 Z( {& x' B6 v8 m. B Z
8 O( Z: s8 [4 n9 r ]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.& c/ g/ k9 l" L# S; g7 V! K
6 K* X! _; A" d+ J1 ]The majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.# Z. ?+ Z' J1 m& F0 z$ y# ]
& u a/ `7 Z; _2 W& o"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.7 `+ W# s) j5 `
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4 y! A. }4 e: g# dNot connected to children's hospital cases# Y# z, W0 @3 C5 _: U
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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.
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# j- F# P) }4 rThe 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 ?6 H$ `& U$ B( 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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"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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