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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.
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+ W( _ R" [% A: \7 dTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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" v( @* @) N5 Q: `) C"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.% c/ m/ N& k6 l! e
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"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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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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* D! o9 J" C. Q/ \8 P3 L8 [Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.9 ?# }% w$ M( H$ q( K3 z
- N) _$ T7 x% Q G"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.5 X B2 |& |2 v( Z& y3 F7 w
' ]9 F4 s$ u* F. ?7 F2 F+ SThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.9 [7 s6 D# [0 G b1 V. e
) \: \! K( W+ k6 O"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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" D9 H/ o7 m j9 t5 m" }2 ~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.5 t ^ `# M. @( ?7 v
% x9 ?& m3 y: Y' B8 y. 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.9 {2 B- v0 C+ t0 N* _4 ]
) a. P( p/ d* q( I- A( U" [4 Z0 GTed 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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$ V+ e' J' d2 X( s! L& E- Q$ |"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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: {. y1 B5 T/ O3 FEvery 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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