Question

Name a disease in which an antibiotic has no role.

Answer 1

Antibiotic:

1. These are medicines that inhibit the growth of microorganisms and aid in their destruction.
2. AIDS is an example of such a viral disease in which antibiotics have no preventive role.
3. Antibiotics have no role in viral diseases.
4. This is because viruses use host machinery and hence targetting them individually while not harming the host tissue is difficult.