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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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h' }# f/ Y: h. ~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.6 `" q$ b L9 p" J! u
# m. Y( i8 S6 j! o* wTests 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.4 Y: B' [) G0 Z/ C' T8 |
x1 C3 ~$ R. | |5 \"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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8 u' C# H3 C7 m, x* m2 L5 `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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# W4 ]- P' G9 }/ ]* S1 g& a2 UThe 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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3 D8 |/ k: y( E$ Y% iAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.* ?+ ^2 o; m% ?6 ]* @, b4 O- m. Y
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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# g) Z! q. _5 i" ~* qThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.+ ]. i; a: j) b/ ^6 \2 p* I' r, Y
0 h/ T7 }0 b3 G( p2 u" v( G"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.2 m: Y$ c' `* r: { o' M
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- V6 o' Q5 |! N1 BNot connected to children's hospital cases
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: H( }8 s7 L- ~8 YOfficials 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.; L& N( g6 ?- S
" z5 o, s. a) Q* w* v8 ~3 K1 I" PThe 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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$ ]# I' b2 _5 _% e/ pTed 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.% _+ g" ~+ |( E$ R- b) j7 s, d+ Z4 N2 a
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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.
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7 f# h! _ {1 |) t5 R# cEvery 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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