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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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8 V7 f. W9 E5 @- ] SThe 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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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.# k) d: A1 f( g0 J+ `
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."( r' P1 ]. C! @( r
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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."0 b( n3 u& I" k9 z4 v8 ?
7 S! l9 l( `. t: eThe 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.- [6 C! h- R9 h! O" `/ I
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.' N3 g/ U5 J" g- h; q* V8 S
1 U+ H* j( N5 {2 P3 p' G"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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5 M D# u2 `' G+ s* `$ TThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.9 y6 s2 B9 q2 [- A0 V! F9 O" t7 w$ }
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.0 I& @! p7 B# q/ T. e$ @* f y
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/ B( J9 }+ G$ J% C z4 ]" fOfficials 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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+ @- J2 V y- Z1 MThe 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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, s) T0 N( S+ m0 |) x. _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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3 \ M% X6 O; t) NEvery 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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