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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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" f. b5 e; p' b% i. yThe 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./ q3 M/ _3 A2 c0 \4 g7 E
! j; c, F8 C+ h; n9 M2 p# lTests 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. i! e( S1 ~5 d S: q2 S$ M
; J" M9 h" F0 Y"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."0 |* f* q7 B2 _- f! B" t' I( c
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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."
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^* R1 ]6 s9 XThe 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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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.
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2 [3 ^( _. `4 ^, S8 l0 xThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.: K, D0 ?4 [6 L/ S' S
2 W( o" s- I$ d"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said./ G8 y6 P. w/ Z2 r
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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.& G+ |/ U& {# b5 q* d
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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* \* D7 Y; P! |, M
! j! y+ E0 H: f! fTed 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.9 e. d/ J8 L3 m- B
! K/ j3 g( @7 F7 q( f0 B"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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