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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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: j, t* ?2 s0 K2 eThe 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.
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8 l9 G# W7 f2 o9 r* s. @' e8 A"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters." u9 e2 f5 n/ Q" {9 y( i0 }# J0 I# {
6 X8 G' w* y) c& P( E"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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) Y* d2 l7 F: ^* J4 X9 f6 ~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."1 G5 L$ P4 F* P/ U
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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.+ O: @6 x9 X1 e5 Y# \
: S$ w% F; s3 Q* rAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.; o) ]0 ]4 X- _& @9 s% Z" m0 v' R
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.% P& a, l) k1 e' {% p
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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.; g- m( g0 V& z* F9 ?# m& C
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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& v- E1 t0 q0 j: ANot 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.7 f; q7 w# R/ H; a& T$ z: k6 {
$ D# o) I+ d! u+ U: 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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- l( I. {. E; m! i2 ~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.
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- h* \1 B& L0 m9 \5 mEvery 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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