Question
Can antibiotics kill viruses?
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Answer
- Antibiotics work by targeting cell wall or other metabolic pathways in bacteria.
- But viruses do not have cell walls and they do not carry out any metabolic reaction when outside the host.
- Hence, antibiotics cannot kill viruses.
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