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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.0 Y, b: K' w" K4 |) u6 ]
6 Q P% Q/ I6 ^$ ~7 PThe 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.' D; a1 t9 v4 L
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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.3 h1 D9 d! f9 q2 I' L S1 K3 ~
: |! Y; d; s. Y5 z" N. L"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant.") Q# q3 e# {, A0 N
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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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1 J0 D. c% A9 v$ d. i- ~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.
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.3 c9 J, F' i0 I4 q+ _3 }
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.$ H {- @' K1 @; H0 X
# M! q8 J9 T# j5 t' @2 ?The 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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' R7 w6 \6 b+ Q"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.# r3 |3 T4 t# W; b
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5 F* I: i3 S( ~% hNot connected to children's hospital cases
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Officials 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., J* E4 C2 `) ^3 I: K4 N
e' ~+ F' m7 m; h( tThe 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.. S% X4 o& w8 F! J. V3 P$ ~! Z& V0 v5 z
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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.' _7 b( x( r. [6 J& Z: B! r
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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.1 f; I# q# p8 D0 U8 w
) Z+ U( u8 O( g7 G( g% VEvery 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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