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& d) h! j$ r {. WA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.: s: K. E7 h* W" u
+ K( ^2 W0 O7 I0 e1 T 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.8 y+ t2 z9 V7 C9 y
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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.# n* F0 z, ]) T! E/ P
: ]0 h; k; F, ^9 E. J& `"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."$ X! _4 _3 A' ]6 z1 m$ 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."% g8 W+ ~: Y6 t: p- J0 f3 G! X
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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.) v3 Z" y8 E+ Z1 h4 R9 w/ x
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March., H+ d( \2 p2 E1 Y; ]
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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# `6 h N" r* Q6 z$ I: a/ aThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.( l+ z0 Y, j, X9 J- {4 W" a# m
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.* H8 [; s- k& Z
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( t( U$ J4 A+ c# qNot connected to children's hospital cases& Y+ V* C2 Q9 D# _" }' J: i5 h' k
$ `8 C g6 [0 Z7 U6 ?% c' g* U6 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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/ h7 ~! O! |1 s3 t5 `7 ?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.. x$ P5 i) I6 Y5 ?5 F1 r, p2 P- v
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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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"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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5 V/ H! `( h/ k) B- s4 [! A) REvery 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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