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Why Do we Fall Ill — Science STD 9 — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9ScienceWhy Do we Fall Ill2 Marks
Question
Why are antibiotics not effective for viral disease?
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Answer

Antibiotics generally block the biosynthetic pathways and they block these pathways of the microbes/ bacteria. However, viruses have very few biochemical mechanisms of their own and hence are unaffected by antibiotics.

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