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- y# }9 l# _7 M3 F; ~: QA 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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3 E3 m8 T. n; W6 ~+ u" _1 cThe 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& ?9 r! b8 N2 D0 O
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.: @: A) j8 ~( ]6 _5 a+ K, k
' Q W8 m/ [8 n5 q# n$ |& h"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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" L$ T: F* b; y; [5 x% ~5 Q/ Q- B"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."0 [1 c) R% W. B4 k7 Q# q
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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."# U3 L' q3 Y) ?# F/ u; i6 D
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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.% C' r$ i; h8 \* r# }/ Z
' c. N: |' J2 eAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.9 D8 D5 R- ?! j6 I& x6 x
& r# @3 @+ D% J9 ?' S! z: K3 Q"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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" @2 E, I* I2 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.
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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7 Q5 F A. H: ~& s+ J+ m2 t' W' xOfficials 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.2 y( Z1 {: O* X. w* {4 B( S
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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." n. \( W3 S: ?, Q. ]& T; l9 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.
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- \% d7 V0 f) x3 _"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.7 r6 M8 I/ t& T3 R' S; Y1 O2 | m! G
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Every 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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