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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.9 ]6 l# l9 \/ p! j# l$ ~* h
/ s* v6 r3 f# y8 W% u- o" MThe 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.0 F2 q2 j1 I; k0 _3 T
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.+ W4 C5 Q9 x4 [, v: h7 g6 i
) e0 I: B/ o" D$ L# D! a6 G"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.; g# u. D" C# U/ _6 E
3 ~ m) L1 a: {"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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* T) h& ~' S9 bMusto 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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% x& G$ A7 x2 @ j6 [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.
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# J& g3 T4 q; [6 ^1 Y+ uAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.7 t7 V0 K" X" W% M2 C z
, i) `8 x1 D8 N8 k$ l"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., s3 K, z+ u' s5 R7 U/ u1 |
6 ~$ f8 q8 }+ \& K* x"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.' p7 z0 y/ d: E- S F9 U8 E
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5 f( i/ e: k8 t4 m/ u! JNot connected to children's hospital cases
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/ o& P; [* z* j; u0 }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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% f+ K; q! e% I# N) J4 B/ aThe 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.& |- t8 n- t$ f3 `% X! F$ h) |
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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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"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.) D+ Z% ^1 b J. R5 }) j, D* m
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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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