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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.! l8 s& p, N$ F" C% ^% f9 Z
, N1 } i- `& n: tThe 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.4 ? \9 C2 ^7 \2 T
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said.) j, i. x- H6 K& [# W
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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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+ }. r; j1 E* L& j"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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/ n9 ^- Q( B3 {# IThe 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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2 t: l: u' Y1 c( v# kAlberta has registered more than 1,100 cases of swine flu since the influenza outbreak began in Mexico in March.- c+ M: \4 K9 `$ j4 ^& ^
7 [4 _+ L8 e* R- ^: b+ A' c"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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5 V% m3 n. ] B8 j; R' @+ rThe majority of people who contract the virus — which comes with flu-like symptoms including fever, lethargy and coughing — recover, said Musto.6 H# B, r1 D* r j# g, f
) [5 Q! t* b8 x% l. V* I. K"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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9 e8 o) y" A% j$ vNot connected to children's hospital cases. N3 p H1 k7 K9 `2 a
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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.! g& |9 b: d$ r
/ m3 q |2 ~4 d' y$ oThe 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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2 E$ E9 W5 i/ Y$ ~# D) 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.# Y2 S' a. ?! V9 U' ]3 I4 K2 U
, m& H7 j0 i0 Q# ~! u"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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, E( Y2 i( r7 S) Y% \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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