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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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$ |: ^ v3 @! v% n- _0 D1 KTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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$ w7 @/ d- Z( `; I& S$ d! z% ^"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters." I' ?: Z( ^1 P3 B. R+ \
* W% {/ }" ~2 Y"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."4 q0 C E4 j |
5 _: F2 W; u/ @3 `- SMusto 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.": q4 o8 F7 ^$ p [/ r3 S
" \" I q2 f) Y8 rThe 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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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.5 @7 V2 e9 E; w) l- v
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.# ?$ E k' l& d$ C- V" O+ T0 f
X7 f; F' a& jThe 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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0 |, S. b4 |/ q: Z9 E) S"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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$ O8 V& A7 @* s3 L* z. M' x3 eNot connected to children's hospital cases
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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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8 z7 ]1 k: j, f# u" m0 c* K* {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.! X/ f% y7 g0 D r0 ^
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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.
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$ \5 i: ^1 f# J) m. Q4 W6 b"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.2 d }) J1 b/ |) ]$ R! W
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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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