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" C: e+ y# O4 JA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.% d# ?9 f* L* M
2 O8 V! b' f6 T7 E7 M! AThe 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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0 z$ z, r v6 x# Y" d& s# P; CTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said., M. W* ]* @( p3 G; x
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.4 ^3 W* |! K% N( f# D
: X/ J) n7 c# P6 K"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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" J5 O1 Q% }0 C3 EThe 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.
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.+ I# I& o2 l, @3 V2 u
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said./ _" G6 j3 ^4 \' N: ~0 I2 o
1 S$ l% X3 H8 N& aThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.1 {1 @- y2 {, q1 ]1 j, B! n- E
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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, H8 {0 ]7 L, n3 @Not connected to children's hospital cases
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2 s8 g- S/ D. l2 w; E; N7 eOfficials 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 I. m: ^0 n" ~* V, }% M0 ]
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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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- D; N" W4 e K& T ^8 A4 m4 P3 h"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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6 Z9 x* m0 D3 ]6 X' YEvery 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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