User:Jukethatbox/Sandbox 3
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| Symptoms | How it is spread | Treatment | Prevention | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virus | |||||
| Measles | cold-like symptoms | by contact with infected nasal or throat secretions (coughing or sneezing) or breathing the air that was breathed by someone with measles | no specific medical treatment | Community-wide vaccination is the most effective way to prevent measles | |
| TMV | discolouration | rubbing against healthy plants | no cure :( | avoid handling plants (plant seed rather than transplants), remove diseased plants, control weeds and rotate crops, and avoid planting near virus-infected plants | |
| HIV |
|
SEX | antiretroviral medicines | never sharing needles and using condoms the right way every time you have SEX | |