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]6 s' y3 C* t3 VA 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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2 \2 Q l- Z6 y- x$ U" PThe 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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; J0 P7 t: a+ S" J4 C; U0 yTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.& A: P Q: _1 j8 H$ ~* }
- | S" g7 u1 ^3 `/ \" l7 B3 ["That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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. q. Z3 M% q! G( w"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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/ n9 C5 ~7 u; g8 K$ C/ pMusto 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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/ Z. b" W0 @, f: 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.2 F* ]9 C! k Q1 @& b
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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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' `; s* l7 U) z# z- Y& D"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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/ B, Q' g4 u' N i8 a+ ]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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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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% p- E) v. x' \0 u P. G0 ^" d* nNot connected to children's hospital cases8 m. D. H: c9 _, Y- W
& P, K6 r! ~; x: KOfficials 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.! k0 t, p4 Q) J0 s; i
3 |+ ]5 f% X) @3 Q+ a$ iThe 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.
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* ~: o5 M- V' O4 I& T" E"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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