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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., c7 G8 C0 M# S/ A1 I9 `2 @
; ]( e( X' c: B, K. E, U' YThe 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. O6 x* y& `' ?7 t) q
* k( d1 d2 G2 tTests 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.
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9 u& b6 c$ t5 X4 o. ^"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."* a2 l2 k$ q) w) r
+ T; B M' R& w: p# sMusto 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."% I7 J9 e9 e* y+ b! ~9 l
9 W6 V5 Y$ w; E+ I. pThe 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.
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"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.. Z6 I' o1 \5 p) [$ s% H* Y' o
/ [( s/ c1 `3 B4 ]% J"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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! S% G1 Z4 ^4 B0 }% z! p3 KOfficials 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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" t! v: g) H: I2 v9 LThe 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., W0 \1 j/ M: _, Y) n
9 n- `7 R6 N- P7 Y/ z) mTed 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.) O3 B8 I$ _* o% ~( F
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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.4 O d9 ^- R6 Q, ?1 s: ]0 b% O
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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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