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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.
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+ y3 d+ @/ D% \8 KThe 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.
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.& ^1 j* ]6 y; T* W/ I0 v( V
$ d/ d. F2 a+ K& o9 E7 ^"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters., w- H+ J2 w4 D1 O
2 ^% `# `# o" \; y) K"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."! S9 `5 Q7 G; T7 |$ B. \
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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.") Q! S8 ?& E7 f: o' m. N
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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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( F, ?# H. T, ] r" S4 l! {& \2 lAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.. n2 q7 L4 k1 p" F" V
% G) R6 l% h/ G" r. s"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.2 E$ J4 D6 P8 n# a% @ N
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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.0 L' k! H7 f, N; z, u- q: M
) c3 J, c4 Q$ v" W Q! ~2 ~( A- I"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.- b* J- M7 N l0 W. N3 o& V
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/ C% N# r- T! N% L9 s6 P5 _Not connected to children's hospital cases
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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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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.% j( [+ X2 R5 E
3 K; G; P3 Z0 K- F3 p) _$ G/ 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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) Y Z' W/ X0 g"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.( K8 h8 R5 T7 z$ O
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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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