Chapter 1 - Health Issues Flashcards

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1
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Souffrir d’une maladie

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To suffer from a disease

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Une maladie

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A disease, an illness, a sickness

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Mourir du cancer

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To die of, from cancer

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Cancérigène

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Carcinogenic

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Une maladie grave

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A serious disease

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Un virus

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A virus (viruses)

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Contracter un virus/maladie

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To contract a virus, a disease

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Des bactéries

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Bacteria

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Un microbe, un germe

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A germ

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Contagieux, infectieux

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Contagious, catching, infectious

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Contaminer

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To contaminate

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Muter

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To mutate

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Un danger pour la santé

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A health hazard

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Un fléau

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A curse, a plague, a scourge

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Le cancer du poumon / du sein / de la peau

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lung / breast / skin cancer

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La malaria, le paludisme

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Malaria

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La peste

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Plague

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18
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Le choléra

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Cholera

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19
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La variole

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Smallpox

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Une maladie sexuellement transmissible (MST), une maladie vénérienne

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a sexually transmitted disease (STD), a venereal disease

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La maladie d’Alzheimer, de Parkinson

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Alzeihemer’s / Parkinson’s disease

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Une maladie neurodégénérative

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A neurodegenerative disease

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Syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère (SRAS)

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

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Attraper la grippe

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To go down with the flu

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Être contaminé par un virus

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To be infected with a virus, by a virus

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Être porteur d’un virus

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To carry a virus

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27
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Le système immunitaire

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The immune system

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28
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Un porteur

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A carrier

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29
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Un symptôme

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A symptom

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30
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Tousser

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To cough

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31
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Avoir de la température

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To have a temperature

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32
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Avoir de la fièvre

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To have a fever, to run a fever

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Une épidémie

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An epidemic

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34
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Une pandémie

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A pandemic

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35
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Éclater, se déclarer

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To break out

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L’ampleur, l’étendue de l’épidémie

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The scope, the extent of the epidemic

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Affecter, toucher un pays

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To affect a country

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38
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Toucher 20% de la population

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To afflict 20% of the population

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39
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La zone la plus durement touchée

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The hardest-hit area

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40
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Éradiquer

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To eradicate

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41
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Enrayer une épidémie

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To check an epidemic

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42
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Se propager

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To spread

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43
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La propagation d’un virus

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The spread of a virus

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44
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Endémique

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Endemic

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45
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La grippe

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Flu, influenza

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46
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Le virus de la grippe A

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The A/H1N1 virus

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47
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La grippe porcine

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Swine flu, pig flu, H1N1 flu

48
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La grippe aviaire

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Bird flu, avian flu, avian influenza H5N1

49
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Souche de grippe

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Flu strain

50
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Un cas de grippe aviaire

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A case of avian flu

51
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Un foyer de grippe aviaire

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An outbreak of avian flu

52
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Le SIDA, le syndrome d’immunodéficience acquise

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AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome

53
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contracter le SIDA

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to develop AIDS

54
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un malade du SIDA

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An AIDS sufferer, an AIDS patient

55
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Séropositif

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HIV-positive

56
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Faire passer un test de dépistage du SIDA à qqn

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To screen sb for AIDS

57
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Un centre de dépistage du SIDA

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An HIV screening centre

58
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Un test de dépistage

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A screening test

59
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Le sperme

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Sperm, semen

60
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Avoir des rapports non protégés

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To have unprotected sex

61
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Un préservatif

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A condom

62
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L’abstinence

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Abstinence

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La fidélité

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Faithfulness

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Une aiguille

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A needle

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Les anti-rétroviraux

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anti-retroviral drugs

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La trithérapie

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Triple therapy, combination therapy

67
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Un traitement médical

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Medical treatment

68
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Les personnels de santé

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Medical staff, health workers

69
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Secret médical

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Medical confidentiality

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Une infection nosocomiale

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A hospital-acquired infection

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MRSA, un staphylocoque résistant à la méthicilline

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MRSA

72
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une bactérie multi-résistante

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A superbug

73
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Prescrire

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To prescribe

74
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Une ordonnance

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A prescription

75
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Un médecin généraliste

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A general practitioner, a GP

76
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Un chirurgien

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A surgeon

77
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Se faire opérer

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To have surgery, have an operation

78
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Diagnostiquer

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To diagnose

79
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Un diagnostic

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Diagnosis

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Guérir un patient

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To cure a patient

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Un remède

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A remedy, a cure

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Un médicament

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A drug, a medicine, a medication

83
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Un médicament générique

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A generic drug

84
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Un antalgique, analgésique

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A painkiller

85
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Un effet secondaire

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A side effect

86
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Une piqûre

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An injection, a shot

87
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Prendre des antibiotiques, être sous antibiotiques

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To be on antibiotics

88
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Un laboratoire pharmaceutique

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A pharmaceutical laboratory

89
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Des produits pharmaceutiques

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Pharmaceuticals

90
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Un vaccin

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A vaccine

91
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Un vaccin contre la grippe

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A flu vaccine

92
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Vacciner

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To vaccinate

93
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Une campagne de vaccination

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A vaccination campaign

94
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Mettre qqn en quarantaine

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To quarantine sb

95
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Se rétablir, guérir

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To recover

96
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Guérison, rétablissement

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Recovery

97
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Rechuter

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To relapse

98
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Une alerte à l’intoxication alimentaire

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A food scare

99
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Un péril sanitaire, une alerte aux risques sanitaires

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A health scare

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Épizootie

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an epizootic disease

101
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La fièvre aphteuse

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food-and-mouth disease

102
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L’encéphalopathie bovine spongiforme, l’ESB

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bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE

103
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La maladie de la vache folle

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Mad-cow disease

104
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La maladie de Creutzfeldt Jacob, MCJ

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Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, CJD

105
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Une maladie à prions

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A prion disease

106
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La dioxine

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Dioxin

107
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Le scandale du poulet à la dioxine

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The dioxin chicken scandal

108
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La traçabilité

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Traceability

109
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La santé publique

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Public health

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Les soins médicaux, les services de santé

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Health care

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Les responsables de la santé publique

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Public health officials

112
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Les autorités sanitaires

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The health authorities

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Le système de santé

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The health care system, the health system

114
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Les services de santé

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Health services

115
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Les dépenses de santé

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Health expenses