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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonto ... flu-death-h1n1.html
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: A' ^1 Y# x8 b, j7 EA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.1 U5 C" j3 h1 x2 p# W6 m3 C, U( }: C7 J
( c, d0 ?9 |7 kThe 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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1 @+ p0 m9 x$ b" H+ Z# @# B2 lTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.; j' D5 ^4 p* x
* Y+ T; I6 R* H7 R$ h"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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* Z/ J% ~6 g+ N$ B+ E- F"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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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.
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.4 f3 E3 A* L: q
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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: f( ]7 y& _' A7 ^* P/ s) N" HThe 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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7 p& P& m6 R# A& Q' s"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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) O c- T; }2 z$ A1 F6 ROfficials 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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5 e; ?, F- R" | w# e' NTed 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.% k0 T4 W' z6 Z4 [
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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.& \( |' Y/ W: F% j( h- c! h
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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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