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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.% f# K! g- {& Z8 S0 B. H
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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.: h* v3 @5 x; |8 w8 k+ l0 U; v3 ^; z
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Tests confirmed she had swine flu on June 30, and she died Wednesday night, he said., ~3 a2 Z& b! j) n! p
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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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6 q5 r+ b8 A( }* x7 N"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."- D, h" H. f/ b
. Y" {: p% ]6 M! fMusto 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."4 q8 z6 ^* V, K: f+ d# c' a
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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.
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5 o9 W9 e6 j) F" H X! P0 D5 D"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said.
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6 }" Z$ o' a6 [8 b7 j# [The 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.2 k7 k) V6 U3 C
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Not connected to children's hospital cases
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& N6 E7 O( y! \: TOfficials 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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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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- B3 k6 X6 b+ _5 m. XTed 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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"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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