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Périls sanitaires

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Health scares

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Épidémies

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Epidemics

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Une maladie

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A disease
An illness
A sickness

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Souffrir d’une maladie

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To suffer from a disease

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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

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Contracter un virus/une 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 fléau

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A curse
A plague
A scourge

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Le cancer du poumon/sein/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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Le choléra

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Cholera

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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 (VD)

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La maladie d’Alzheimer / de Parkinson

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Alzheimer’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/by a virus

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Être porteur d’un virus

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To carry a virus

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Le système immunitaire

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The immune system

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Un porteur

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A carrier

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Un symptôme

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A symptom

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Tousser

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To cough

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Avoir de la température

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To have a temperature

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Avoir de la fièvre

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To have/run a fever

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Une épidémie

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An epidemic

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Une pandémie

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A pandemic

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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/extent of The epidemic

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Affecter/ toucher un pays

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To affect a country

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Toucher 20% de la population

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To afflict 20% of the population

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La zone la plus durement touchée

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The hardest-hit area

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Éradiquer

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To eradicate

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Enrayer une épidémie

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To Check an epidemic

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Se propager

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To spread

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La propagation d’un virus

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The spread of a virus

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Endémique

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Endemic

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La grippe

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Flu

Influenza

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Le virus de la grippe A

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The A/H1N1 virus

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La grippe porcine

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Swine flu
Pig flu
H1N1 flu

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La grippe aviaire

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Bird flu
Avian flu
Avian influenza H5N1

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Souche de grippe

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Flu strain

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Un cas de grippe aviaire

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A case of avian flu

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Un foyer de grippe aviaire

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An outbreak of avian flu

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Le SIDA

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AIDS

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Contracter le SIDA

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To develop AIDS

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Un malade du SIDA

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An AIDS sufferer

An AIDS patient

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Séropositif

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HIV-positive

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Faire passer un test de dépistage du SIDA a qn

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To screen sb for AIDS

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Un centre de dépistage du SIDA

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An HIV screening centre

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Un test de dépistage

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A screening test

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Le sperme

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Sperm

Semen

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Avoir des rapports non protégés

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To have unprotected sex

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Un préservatif

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A condom

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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-rétrovirus

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Anti-retroviral drugs

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Un traitement médical

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Medical treatment

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Les personnels de santé

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Medical staff

Health workers

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Une infection nosocomiale

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A hospital-acquired infection

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MRSA

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MRSA

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Une bactérie multi-résistante

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A superbug

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Prescrire

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To prescribe

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Une ordonnance

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A prescription

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Un médecin généraliste

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A general practitioner

A GP

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Un chirurgien

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A surgeon

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Se faire opérer

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To have surgery

To have an operation

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La trithérapie

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Triple therapy

Combination therapy

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Diagnostiquer

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To diagnose

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Un diagnostique

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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 cure

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Un médicament

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A drug
A medicine
A medication

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Un médicament générique

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A generic drug

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Un antalgique , analgésique

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A painkiller

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Un effet secondaire

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A side effect

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Une piqûre

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An injection

A shot

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Prendre/être sous antibiotiques

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To be on antibiotics

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Un laboratoire pharmaceutique

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A pharmaceutical laboratory

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Des produits pharmaceutiques

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Pharmaceuticals

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Un vaccin

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A vaccine

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Un vaccin contre la grippe

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A flu vaccine

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Vacciner

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To vaccinate

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Une campagne de vaccination

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A vaccination campaign

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Mettre qn en quarantaine

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To quarantine sb

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Se rétablir

Guérir

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To recover

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Guérison

Rétablissement

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Recovery

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Rechuter

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To relapse

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Une alerte a l’intoxication alimentaire

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A food scare

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Un péril sanitaire

Une alerte aux risques sanitaires e

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A health scare

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Épizootie

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An epizootic disease

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La fièvre aphteuse

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Food-and-mouth disease

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L’encéphalopathie bovine spongiforme (ESB)

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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

BSE

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La maladie de la vache folle

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Mad-cow disease

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La maladie de Creutzfeldr Jacob (MCJ)

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Creutzfeldr-Jacob Disease (CJD)

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Une maladie a prions

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A prion disease

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La dioxine

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Dioxin

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Le scandale du poulet a la dioxine

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The dioxin chicken scandal

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La traçabilité

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Traceability

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La santé publique

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Public health

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Les soins médicaux
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Les services de santé

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Health care

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Les responsables de la santé publique

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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

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Les services de santé

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Health services

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Les dépenses de santé

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Health expenses

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