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! I" O' U+ a6 @4 D: V3 [6 U8 S9 r6 `A young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.5 ~8 C8 k8 K+ _2 a m8 _
2 b+ @ a, e9 O7 \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.; X4 } _0 W8 `: {# F
- P, `2 f9 B6 lTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.. J" a' ?9 ]6 F
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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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5 x" C9 k- M$ `, k+ I, l% E"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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8 x9 ], U. |. }: `/ WMusto 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.": H, @2 A- W) A& ]+ ], `
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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./ B' q' U6 y; G+ Y: E9 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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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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8 ?' m: a8 q3 x( D, F8 T# c m+ s"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.- o" H2 D3 N8 H+ `) z% p- [8 U
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6 @9 j( z5 ~3 V1 E/ `, bNot connected to children's hospital cases5 V5 z' o2 \' J/ q0 V2 ]4 C, R1 {
6 e# B8 Z; g* DOfficials 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.# f5 R; r' i9 _
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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.
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6 D2 z2 g% V; `- K# N+ @8 U5 FTed 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.2 _: W* Q r* q6 q
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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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2 w! E3 u$ P' d* X1 M* E+ J" nEvery 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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