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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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/ l2 N4 V" i! c" Q/ d: rThe 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.& ]% V2 B+ c$ x( f" C# V8 T; q) K$ h
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.# ]- ?! x% c8 ~* s ^4 S3 v4 }
# u8 Q: x2 F$ h% F' V% ^"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.: h& ~: p- @4 f, M+ ^4 Y1 U3 q; S
5 k# A6 g6 Z4 X"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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6 s$ |' L! S, A3 ^1 cMusto 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."7 V& y8 K0 ~' ^, M+ |! y
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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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" Y3 [. U% b, v"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.' k3 n5 i, z/ D9 }& r! c
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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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" }) F$ S% _2 I7 b3 Z G: l"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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* e1 y* Z: [ w3 _3 AOfficials 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.4 n% [. Z# ^% D. z2 W- q$ P
, L3 t5 i$ f5 F3 `4 \+ }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./ V/ k* r! [1 H5 q0 ?% b) `1 Q
7 {0 g" x5 i1 r"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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: d/ w2 T, S8 z4 k8 P7 sEvery 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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