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0 ?+ D! O# r7 d5 M! l \" }A young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.9 F0 j6 T2 L0 m' N
& S2 b* u1 [; g( g1 [' WThe 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.
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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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5 O" _( T1 o3 R# z1 {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."2 z5 c8 S0 Y0 |: ?8 Q4 m: K! h& T
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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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( V( V( O* p; v4 n9 m- K/ TAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.% w/ C* n, o, S! x5 f! k; I9 M7 d
2 A9 `; l5 N; i- J! s5 t% x) I"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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+ n+ x6 t: c4 p; ]& B- wThe 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.2 n2 n$ ~% ^8 |
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- J) P* w# R5 u; h$ X: {Not connected to children's hospital cases
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0 {& `, a- u) u4 x& o. D- pOfficials 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.+ U$ H" ^" C8 j9 U+ `) [
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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.2 O2 `$ M% }! [9 c* t
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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.
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% n6 C; C$ ]# v"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.! I4 ]6 Y; j, W- {! _
' J. m2 }$ z7 Z2 l% z4 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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