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# `3 j5 Z. u7 i9 L% ?+ ]. A( A2 p! HA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu.; m+ Y2 ?3 u0 K4 e/ _6 C& z; y5 Z
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The 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.
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2 [9 G, l$ `( U) g3 C: W) gTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.. H1 z* Z9 k8 @ E6 \: H$ ^
$ Z# J* H5 F* R( x"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.; Q5 ?$ I; h; G8 I
+ _ I z2 D& O. q, x* B' z, }"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."
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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."+ H& R: T4 d% w
) i8 Z& P* x" H8 c! CThe 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. u2 o( C3 n: H
) R1 M. @/ b T7 y. h/ ]Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.6 B( t, ^2 n; h- d; x( T% `9 d
0 E7 |% J$ [. h1 j! ?1 C2 g"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.1 E1 y+ ?+ k' D
& _# T# l" w1 M% XThe 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.8 U" p( V/ A. B
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1 ?# f- y- G% P+ @& P9 L$ nNot connected to children's hospital cases! B3 w. I0 |" C
3 s w9 R3 c: ~ `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.
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; M8 W6 Q4 B* M% a$ KThe 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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8 q" ]1 b5 P3 ~9 E) i2 H4 o7 j+ t3 Q6 ?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.$ s) x }' L4 [' X0 |/ c
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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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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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