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: w0 g7 t! Y$ U* B# e/ U# WA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu. `2 l) {* |( @. m! p3 K
% O! Q! s5 d- G2 {; l( OThe 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.; X6 c) U* q) e+ C! l# q4 e
0 D) W- _1 `( |. N+ `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."% ^# w) Q- i. [6 E
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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."+ D8 X% k2 p2 P) d3 L& P
( X. G( \/ t! S H. m; L2 WThe 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.1 @! Y$ }, ?) s. C( T4 N
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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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- e& I. l! N7 W8 N, } \0 U"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./ A% s7 V1 X1 ^4 ?) A* q$ c! y# X7 l
% S7 e8 U0 b$ G' x- a; M1 l"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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& t7 n6 _6 l) \- aOfficials 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.. v5 G) A5 a* A8 A6 M0 w- E+ S
! e- i8 k+ v! I; Y$ l& RThe 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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1 E5 @; H* @+ g0 h6 }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.8 ^& r+ @# g5 D; O0 L2 S4 Y
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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.
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L- i& g+ ~) [" r y8 fEvery 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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