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A young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.
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" w7 ?# [! O% E+ O. I. P" kThe 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.4 T0 X5 b( R/ Y) g! A! v- @
; S" {$ |8 B# p" m. @/ yTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.4 u5 P8 _* c( u9 a1 z) W" ~
5 k2 B7 C5 t, ^0 K, ]$ Z' B"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.
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- w }! k- R& l: T# @2 f"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."9 `6 H) [5 q, H4 D3 ]2 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."
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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.' F5 B" u- l8 q# k I7 F0 \1 B1 E
2 s9 d' t! `: z. }, A \Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.
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2 ^* _ y- H. @$ p5 H"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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" S# y- ]. g) ]- VThe 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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"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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7 W* [/ ^, |% K' |7 i5 \" u" lOfficials 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./ F7 y& m; Y% p
( U2 ^7 {4 |+ s3 e8 eThe 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.. f8 X% G& Z8 b( o5 W
! Z9 Q; I/ T2 F( S: M5 x- GTed 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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9 _; @8 E1 \& M6 @6 I+ B"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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2 `- U, @: A8 w+ X6 O& zEvery 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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