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/ D8 r2 Q3 ]9 {9 X1 J0 @1 [A young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.# B) _" {5 j* O3 i
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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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/ l& Q% X. e, i2 t1 `6 PTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.
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& A! G6 v; m5 h! T2 V"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters. d1 g) O+ f, A% N0 b
6 h# ^/ n( }/ v, M% ~& g. L% L/ `"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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; j! o& n6 A; u- b1 W& e, WMusto 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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# o, y, H! X) X# J! f8 M3 YThe 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.% b4 d4 b$ v5 U( z4 m9 o
4 w b& x. O/ p, | {, yAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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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.. ~4 Z) Z) n/ ?' T
0 a$ T# g) B9 O8 p8 }0 f; m"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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Not connected to children's hospital cases" [( _' ?; z* z( t' K' A
; V+ Q7 ]# r6 OOfficials 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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g( h$ K4 H0 K, H1 [% I9 |( \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.
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2 |5 }. u3 a& n& b j- m0 f$ yTed 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.+ P; R% }" Q% Q8 u: J
' x; l) t$ {8 h0 Y5 T4 r W/ O* r( F"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." j7 l- J9 p6 r/ N" u* \5 c- p) O
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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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