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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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/ q1 t* @/ |) O3 j [: }Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.+ d w& I& G) S7 ^5 H; I G, v( ?
0 j+ n) _0 j$ ]+ o"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.1 C" D( b5 Q- m8 G+ y
! _( p4 N; {1 Y* k"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."* b& d- `3 Y; x0 R3 F
9 l0 k; x S* I6 @; r1 YMusto 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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5 N3 H. b. t2 r0 HThe 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. F# C( }8 m# s. U, m h3 g; r
" [7 p4 \0 V7 F. hAlberta 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.3 M3 L( f- E9 l/ ]0 O6 |/ [
' T' q$ O/ ^ j; bThe 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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, G( i0 F/ ^! h1 R, [( n/ x"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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5 I' }) r# f, B6 x2 {7 O$ F4 l0 qNot 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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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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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.( o) M# ^" o( d6 o
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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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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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