THE HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM
IMMUNE RESPONSE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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viruses have a high rate of mutation
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viruses have no RNA
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viruses have no metabolism
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viruses have a protein shell that protects them
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why don’t antibiotics work on viruses? Viruses are different to bacteria; they have a different structure and a different way of surviving. Viruses don’t have cell walls that can be attacked by antibiotics; instead they are surrounded by a protective protein coat.
Detailed explanation-2: -Viruses do not carry out many metabolic processes themselves. Instead they rely on a host cell (a human cell) to carry out these processes for them. Therefore viruses cannot be treated with antibiotics as it is impossible to kill the virus without harming the human cells, so we can say antibiotic can not kill viruses.
Detailed explanation-3: -Antibiotics damage the cell wall of living organism leading to its death. The viruses do not have a cell wall. Antibiotics are produced by bacteria and fungi that treat bacterial infections, not viral infections because viruses use host cells to perform their activities. So, they cannot kill viruses.