Question

Can viruses be treated with antibiotics?

Answer 1

Virus

1. A virus is the smallest microscopic parasite.
2. Viruses are noncellular organisms.
3. The size range is 0.02 to 0.3 micrometres (μm), but some viruses can be as large as 1 μm.
4. Viruses contain DNA or RNA as their genetic material.
5. Viruses can not replicate themselves and always required host cells to replicate like living cells of animals, plants, or bacteria.
6. Because viruses don't have their cellular machinery to replicate. That's why they need host cells to replicate.
7. They find host cell incorporate their genetic material into the host cell and take over their machinery and replicate.

Antibiotics

1. Antibiotics are also known as antibacterials that are used to treat the infection against bacteria.
2. Antibiotic medication can destroy or slow down. the growth of bacteria.
3. Antibiotics can not treat viral infections like flu and cold.
4. Example of antibiotic is Penicillin and Tetracycline.
5. Bacteria and viruses are different from each other.
6. Bacteria and viruses have different machinery to replicate and different mechanism to survive.
7. So viruses can't be treated with antibiotics because antibiotics are used for bacteria