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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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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." Z) O7 ^% A, c# F
, d, B- K& v2 ?" S' ETests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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9 t( q0 X% P4 h5 C8 z1 V"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.9 `6 P1 b, s; y( n7 h! Q) l- v7 i2 m1 J
* ^+ N* n j, t"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."# k# |" \4 m; o# Z6 t9 Q" S2 V
, R) S1 e9 r: YMusto 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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& y" u0 Y1 z6 X5 @) g. ^# q. YThe 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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* ^+ o! b, a- ]1 P6 L5 j2 f; e/ cAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.. z. G* \% X7 r
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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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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.$ v5 v) r4 Z" C: U& d
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Y$ r9 w6 l1 U+ R3 R# e: w3 |8 ~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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# D( r' o3 F B& fThe 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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3 l8 d6 x; `4 }: Y7 zTed 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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; G. l0 f. `# V! l) N& E"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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