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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.% L1 J+ Z" T2 a1 R" ^2 B* p1 ~! c- Y" t
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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.' |! M) p9 d! V2 P, M, I
3 b. L2 N8 ?, R5 N; ^& N% ^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.
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" I. a* V9 A% S. @9 j0 W8 b"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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- V4 T) `$ x9 A& N% R: }" ?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./ i& \. T: t6 N0 ?! S4 k; _
: X& \. o. @* \0 e! @. tAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.9 G" M" n( [ I$ h& p0 l3 u. l
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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5 ]! ~; \* b" H5 lThe 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.1 H5 [4 {+ R+ @0 q5 m
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) T# e/ g3 b1 _( J5 Y* z# b* FNot connected to children's hospital cases0 m8 m) U# K7 h) Y
( t# u: y7 h/ mOfficials 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.
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+ n; i8 R5 I \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. u- |" X% v0 |7 ]5 l* `. y
, |8 p2 O# W2 z& U- ~ B1 l/ f& U1 bEvery 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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