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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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* R% K$ {/ ?3 ~$ W9 {$ n, {. O( u. fThe 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.9 [- s( u( r# d; x
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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.& j; c, V; M+ z+ G: B
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."% \# q- c- {( \) e1 h! w
9 ^- x6 F0 r0 f& Z( g, @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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/ `8 f o. b* e5 ~8 `# z+ w9 |Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.% g: d+ E5 m5 M; U5 ^4 p; s; A
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.8 @$ } \% _: ]3 X
+ ~3 y( w" f6 Q+ d% Z# iThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.: U1 }# o# t1 E
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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o& z9 F% h8 r. ~Not connected to children's hospital cases6 q* f% r5 b9 i/ I F8 E( @) V; {
& S i5 j2 R# U9 h# EOfficials 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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# @9 m7 \" r$ U. W. [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.8 `2 {! u6 X& L X2 x8 F; W& u
; F# W. ~7 Z7 o/ o8 e7 }: LTed 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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$ o; j0 w) j0 }. Q* d9 D" O3 k"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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. k1 {3 ]0 m! R# Q/ k) 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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