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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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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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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.7 X: k6 N9 m, X7 u( z
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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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6 D3 x; ?$ G" j5 }! Z S"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."" f1 y% i. ~& x) a3 n
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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."
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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.0 D2 I# f, j, W+ g( O n
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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. K4 ^$ g4 f' [6 G: IThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.% G' [ K7 K3 V6 a/ W9 o1 V
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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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.; e! A) R4 u8 m! G6 ^
" e9 N% L/ W& _$ HThe 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.( e; J3 B. w+ h r, Y" q
5 j+ d& a; y+ a1 cTed 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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" g6 l# ^) S. n$ a"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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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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