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variole

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var·i·ole  (vâr-l)
n.
A small pocklike mark, as on an insect.

variole [ˈvɛərɪˌəʊl]
n
(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) any of the rounded masses that make up the rock variolite
[from French, from Medieval Latin; see variola]


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Les premieres ISP ont lutte contre le cholera, la variole, la fievre typhoide et une multitude d'autres infections que l'on ne voit presque plus aujourd'hui.
Debra Lynkowski Chief Executive Officer Il y a pres d'un siecle, a une epoque oU la variole et la typhoide faisaient des ravages, un groupe de medecins fondait l'Association canadienne de sante publique dans l'espoir de renforcer le controle et la prevention des maladies transmissibles.
Dans les annees 1830 et 1840, des vagues de cholera et de typhus ont fait des ravages parmi les premiers colons, tandis que les populations autochtones ont subi des epidemies de variole, de tuberculose, de diphterie, de typhus, de rougeole et de syphilis (2).
 
 
 
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