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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.
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: v4 l7 C# H. m) t2 u0 JThe 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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: B: k& K' {- _: \: ~3 bTests 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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, P" \6 a4 P/ Z& o! @+ C* n9 H' I"We're not exactly sure where she contracted it, but there's no travel history that's relevant."+ V& Z, t7 r0 S7 ]# W$ O, H+ i
6 M7 s' W- R/ y( i% EMusto 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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. M( v6 @" r. F2 k( J. K. \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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* P+ D; m+ Z% a"This is a global epidemic; most people will only have mild illness," he said. F. l F% O, y5 x8 c$ d3 o; a
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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.
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4 w# r* @2 g {* Q/ t# Y. {"Generally, the complication that occurs is pneumonia and respiratory failure," he said.
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: |) V" _$ S8 C( u* F; p+ uNot connected to children's hospital cases# b, B- b& h; Y- q
6 g/ |* [$ r+ QOfficials 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., n6 q c! g G( H
8 O0 K( h% `7 H/ }3 d! [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.9 S3 n, Z% w4 M9 j
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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. C8 G8 Z* y9 r; I
4 o$ h: ?' x1 M' S- q- O; a"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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