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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.2 G8 B# D9 ]: x$ ~8 J% f6 F
5 E. b$ I4 G y. ^2 Y! PTests 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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- P* U F5 ~$ A# O5 l: R6 l5 Z"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.". |! E! p- X) B/ Z T+ T+ F/ z
' d; Y. ^ B% i; u7 S9 aThe 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." x) X1 n1 k6 C+ i2 u/ T! Y
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.: |) b# Z1 E! N
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"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.; Q. |/ K5 D$ a9 f" B* b7 w
% w) I) H5 b+ \ y4 ]1 o6 E8 S"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.4 N$ ~. Z4 Q$ q9 b& X
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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3 @, ^2 n5 I6 vOfficials 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.2 K/ o& i: Q6 T W8 M
5 W1 N8 s' d% p4 uTed 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.) U$ l: F2 v2 V. H# s" k
! u E7 U! s- B/ t" K"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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& t) @4 E8 E, ~& wEvery 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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