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une maladie (3)

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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/to die 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 cintract 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 (3)

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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 (3)

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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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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 (IST)

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a sexually-transmitted disease (STD)

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une maladie vénérienne

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a veneral 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 Syndrom (SARS)

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se flétrir

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to shrivel

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attrapper 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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le systeme immunitaire

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the immune system

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un porteur

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a carrier

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tousser

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to cough

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avoir de la temperature

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to have a temperature

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avoir de la fièvre

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to have fever, to 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 (médical)

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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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toucher 20% de la population

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to afflic 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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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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dépourvu (au sens pauvre)

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destitute

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protester

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to spreak out

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46
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la grippe

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the flue, 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 (3)

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swine flu, pig flu, H1N1 flu

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la grippe aviaire (3)

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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 aviare

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a cast 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 sperme

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sperm, semen

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le SIDA, le syndrome d’immuno-déficience acquise

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AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome

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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 qqn

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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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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-rétroviraux

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anti-retrovial drugs

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la trithérapie

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triple therapy, combination therapy

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remettre en cause

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to question

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habituel

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standard

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un traitement médical

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a medical treatment

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les personnels de santé

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health workers, medical staff

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MRSA, un staphylocoque résistant à la méthicilline

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MRSA

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une bactérie multi-résistante

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a superbug

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une infection nosocomial

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an hospital-acquired infection

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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 pratictioner, 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, have an operation

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diagnostiquer

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to diagnose

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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

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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 des antibiotiques, 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 vaccin

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a vaccination campaign

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mettre qqn 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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nocif

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harmful

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taudis

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slums

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avide

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greedy

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une alerte à l’intoxication alimentaire

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a food scare

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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

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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 Creutzfeld-Jacob (MCJ)

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Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease (CJD)

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une maladie à prions

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a prion disease

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la dioxine

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dioxin

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la scandale du poulet à 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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les épinard

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spinach

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iode

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iodin

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se désintégrer

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to decay

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déclencher

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to unleash

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la santé public

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public health

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les soins médicaux ou 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

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les autorités sanitaires

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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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Equivalent britannique de la sécurité sociale

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National Health Service (NHS)

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diriger

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to head

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