- Antibiotics target bacterial processes, not viral ones. - Viruses lack their own metabolic pathways for functions like replication, using host cell machinery instead. - Taking antibiotics for viral infections is ineffective and contributes to antibiotic resistance in bacteria. - Viral infections require antiviral medications, not antibiotics.
Which one of the following statements is correct about effects of antibiotics on viruses ?
Asked in UPSC NDA 2 2020 · Topic: Viral Diseases (Principles of Antiviral Therapy: Drug Targets and Mechanisms of Action)
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Answer: C. Viruses do not possess metabolic pathways on which antibiotics can function, whereas bacteria have such pathways
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