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: M" f x. q! }! [/ Y( YA 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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- o6 Z/ G; {, I. i3 eTests 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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2 q; l0 r; y) X6 n6 OMusto 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."% x* Z1 K- A8 f; y
) W7 P* h8 i% |% wThe 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.3 x5 y, T" l% _
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.6 |( r W8 v4 t6 |7 a5 S+ v4 p9 B
! f8 E4 [2 @3 O5 D7 _% v"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.& ?0 F9 b$ M( E4 x C3 X1 n4 l) F0 k- `
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The 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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5 C5 R1 `. {: S"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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/ T( v7 @# \0 z G# o2 ]- BOfficials 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.* E* o! A7 I/ I N# d$ ?4 [7 L
! d. ?! U% C- k7 B- {( F. IThe 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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) s& z/ f4 `' O; B& x VTed 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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"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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( _) n0 P" A! d. C4 z' Q2 ?/ S0 {; mEvery 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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