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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonto ... flu-death-h1n1.html
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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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) v( u$ ?3 {5 w" y& s+ N: R2 zThe 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.: ^3 j- y; X5 Q: H; ]$ H( k4 b
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Tests 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.2 W+ P" r! Q- r9 a9 q, D
: q9 V6 C& e- W"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."+ P& K$ r) L1 D2 L" d @. o
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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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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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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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6 K2 u0 T3 e# e! s# D7 m' z"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.3 j& M' x' B4 U* D/ a! B
' F6 \/ b! A# Z6 M7 M/ i. }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.
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0 f" A) I# U6 J8 s3 s! J! I& n8 M# NNot connected to children's hospital cases3 Q3 S, d: p3 D _
# F2 [4 f2 _: u4 Q1 q6 U nOfficials 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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3 o$ V! U/ N: e1 cThe 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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- I" @* A$ S! r2 L& MTed 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.2 C( r, `# Q$ b* V
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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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. x. f( K) f: K2 p1 _5 S+ CEvery 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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