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% s. z- j; g' l( x& mA 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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5 y# W# e* ?; XThe 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.2 |$ u* O0 H* g
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"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."8 V* X1 w) ^1 N$ h- D( M% G! H
! d5 i4 w; V- C. g- |' n, Y5 VMusto 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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% A, o" Z2 {% B ]0 h+ H/ vThe 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.
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"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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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.. z9 L: M7 o6 [; S
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"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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y$ f t5 b* ]$ B# Q0 V& R3 _5 lNot connected to children's hospital cases
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$ y8 b. v0 J9 {- M2 T1 U% r/ rOfficials 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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/ P2 K+ ]' d# x2 v# @$ v4 b. W: ]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.
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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.6 U4 }) U$ u- h2 F
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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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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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