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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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" c% R- i" ^ |7 fThe 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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) n8 d: M/ }1 K5 _, aTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.$ E8 H" t( i! U/ M
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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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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."9 q8 |& b$ H% C* R8 ?. M6 S Z H
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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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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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6 w& B$ R5 Q& O uAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.! n+ [/ s5 e; g7 k* I' \/ P
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.2 h+ l5 x" R5 B0 I5 p" y; l9 |6 q
: \5 ]9 n# I' V$ lThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.2 W% P! I/ u$ F5 Q; z7 P& p
; J, y# C3 t# N: H' z$ p! X"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.2 E$ c1 h+ m; h) @) S) E- j2 C
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4 s) ^4 y# }( z$ h( _3 aOfficials 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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9 q. V3 k( H' ?5 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.
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! ?1 u5 n( T; l4 I6 X+ k: P4 G, f' rTed 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.; o6 I" G* ]/ w; a, U3 b( ]
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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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, y% a; c) X% b2 s# FEvery 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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