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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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The 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.2 M# F8 v7 O! c( a+ J
/ r1 a4 z; d- i( [( wTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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9 M$ |1 I$ s. ?% m1 N"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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$ @6 w. r. l7 q, m$ a l* U/ o. t"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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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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9 }5 I- H! M/ wThe 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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: \* C; {# s2 m' A5 y3 s" U8 ]$ `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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8 `9 p1 @+ _4 R"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.; z0 c7 ^9 o3 a. t1 O3 ]
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2 X) @' e% e; y! GNot connected to children's hospital cases I0 E1 R0 h s8 s6 w! t
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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.' x) G& R" ~) T' g2 z9 E
5 i7 M$ J1 ~; t% O9 VThe 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.) H6 t% t6 n+ k) o. d1 q1 B+ p
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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.; x8 O; D2 g) L" I+ D" }
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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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) R' \& M7 d( n w# L* WEvery 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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