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# m3 S p2 d" E3 IA 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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9 n0 U+ J1 S/ X0 {5 J8 cThe 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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Tests 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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"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."
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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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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March./ s# W4 W3 p- Y Y, m2 J
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.$ s2 | b8 ?8 ]. w- S2 q3 Q
2 W. J, Z+ @1 a( B* E. y4 ^1 SThe 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.
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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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.( ~5 Y! k. @- {
( ]: o2 K D; H3 M- k5 NThe 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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' t' s" C7 h; e. E+ g5 q3 ITed 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.: z. F; D! K8 a. V& g W2 K
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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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7 I( {( | N y, ?4 N0 }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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