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& ^; f, e( C5 R: d0 R7 h9 P+ @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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$ v/ t8 _- ?. ]- K2 }/ [7 EThe 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.* x7 q0 r7 o# Y/ M) f" r
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.2 V8 X/ w+ B: e+ ^. w I
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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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( k! z9 F' A( [. w( w"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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0 M: Z: ?, H! h7 ^! L* b' |1 _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.") N: ~( e! Y& T+ 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.4 k8 H D8 t( u" i8 |/ w$ s
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.: p6 |) u3 _3 j' D
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.$ t. J) g$ s. l# W" a
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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.- j# ~! v8 {$ a( j
) V7 s" y4 z! D3 a% }"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.* L' [3 d, u+ `& _6 l3 ?3 T
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Officials 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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2 m' O* i2 L: M; z; B: L0 W' _$ KThe 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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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.* \+ m L; H' t: [2 [2 c* k* L
5 s, m- q3 B, B4 g! ]) u! W6 h"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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) T5 x7 V0 a5 {) B: p4 L$ k2 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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