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Antibiotics are medicines obtained from living organisms to cure certain diseases that are caused by microorganisms.

Which of the following diseases cannot be treated with antibiotics?


A

Cholera

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Typhoid

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C

Tuberculosis

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D

Influenza

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Solution

The correct option is D

Influenza


Antibiotics treat a disease by blocking the biochemical pathway of the disease-causing microorganism. Influenza is a viral disease. Viruses do not have a biochemical machinery of their own. Hence, influenza cannot be treated with antibiotics. Antiviral medicines are used for the treatment of influenza.


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