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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonto ... flu-death-h1n1.html
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" V" Q0 J/ x% F9 J( I. mA young woman with no pre-existing health issues has been confirmed as Calgary's first death linked to the H1N1 flu./ H' E# C) @- Z5 U. p
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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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( O! g2 N& m! H0 _ p5 F2 dTests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.& D8 _/ T: e) k# L# R
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"That's our assumption, that swine flu was a major contribution to her death," Musto told reporters.. b- B$ ~- k( Z7 l3 v- r
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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."# A' T( M& \4 F# C1 ]+ C! S U
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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.- u9 y6 @$ f$ S, I
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Alberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.5 R) P w( w9 h8 g+ Y% L5 c
8 e3 @& J N* b' z! K) t+ P1 t. t"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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+ o9 _6 [3 Q A; s; p4 v' NThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.6 h0 y! @/ ]3 b# A1 h
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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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.+ a# e5 f, J2 t* A+ L3 K
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The 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.+ J+ o; T/ l% C! Y% s
) c Z3 `: w' J. g( C+ s- eTed 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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4 u# W( A1 b( F+ B"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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& u" m* r# c. N; Q8 ?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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