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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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$ N& r+ L$ t' O7 Z- u; p5 ?6 n& }$ 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.2 Q& Q# K4 h3 D0 o" z1 \
+ ]0 X0 D9 _7 VTests 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.- d7 M+ Y) e# f4 U
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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) U& c: d0 B* l9 N8 g1 @. k; oMusto 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.", Q8 _9 j3 r6 u0 {8 Q3 M
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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.0 U" k! y' \ j) A0 L! c3 Q0 E
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.* V) D. [ j% e0 P
) u5 T& Q: k* Q2 P"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.
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7 T1 i: ?/ n; y5 X"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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: s6 R. Q% O+ A# _/ O6 A6 Y) C3 d+ GOfficials 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.
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% B* l6 X7 A) J5 e" k! ?; R' zTed 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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' @- d9 _% P0 p2 A"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 F8 q3 o. T* Y* D |3 [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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