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8 a. f: b" u) UA 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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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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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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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."( f6 K4 o4 A; d1 `( g
" p$ [8 r& W1 f B- H' b" s6 |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."% l9 s1 u4 f3 H0 A
) v; s0 T1 M; r" ?5 |: }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.& h+ Z3 G- I7 N5 X
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.9 O; Q; K$ ~9 q8 U( u- G
+ Y/ i% N( v' C0 G6 d3 J"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.0 h; u7 i9 v/ G
9 \: T' d. L7 W1 y! a1 XThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.+ `8 y( d" x7 c( E1 Z
: _& m6 x( K% g$ p H"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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- d6 t) u( ?; c5 H% ^4 j5 E2 MOfficials 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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, U, q. d, c7 B. p5 YThe 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.6 n% R0 d& H6 }0 |3 B! W! i1 K
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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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9 e7 p+ l" N" ]: R"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.% _2 u5 w% c+ |4 r. c: G2 S- L+ `
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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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