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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.: Q5 Z/ o" Z5 ~' v% h1 `
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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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3 Z7 I/ w! v' u6 |$ n4 z H( rTests 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.$ V. A1 N* |2 {6 C6 q; R: l
5 V h" p5 o# S, {- ?6 L: T7 U"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." a+ ^/ w9 d6 z1 a1 R
" ]& w3 M) e( N7 A. u* v. lThe 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.) L9 q) C! X) ~& B" ?: }7 v8 s2 I
2 G7 U% n# v$ K* tAlberta 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.2 ]+ A8 w+ V8 N# w- @
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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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5 {) J5 V) ^2 \/ j"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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7 W( X3 N4 n, F, F6 j" CNot connected to children's hospital cases
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7 I% N/ P. x+ V" fOfficials 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.+ U/ a, d: F7 h, {: q
) s8 j7 B! \6 qThe 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.% B, b# e& B. U' T1 v* W$ W
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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.
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u0 K+ Y* J" n: d8 |6 ^"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./ {6 P3 z& |. R; Y0 k; J
1 o8 V E; _3 A7 k& KEvery 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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