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; ~8 x4 L0 J7 }7 A% EA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu. g( y1 o5 ^9 c/ v1 j% p% R9 K
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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.7 g! q9 E8 X7 T2 E4 d/ q. z+ t( q
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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.4 d6 \8 B# t- u' G5 f) o6 u
- G6 Q \, S! i2 l2 M9 B"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.7 ` f; e" @2 j
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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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1 e$ ~) i3 c( I& A% |"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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4 x2 X# v+ X5 @$ q6 ZThe 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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4 f8 Z. q3 j& r# g. O"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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& b$ \/ a* a- j- gNot connected to children's hospital cases
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6 L" N* c5 R0 xOfficials 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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, e+ @) p$ [% t) r9 A1 `: G9 v5 vThe 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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) O& W$ _2 ^. } g! A. N: wTed 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.( t, o; {' v! Q" L/ P5 _
6 M. v8 l' j: G3 q"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.) c8 |% y7 h4 ~
0 [0 s. u$ ?) N) {! ` |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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