Which one of the following statements is correct about effects of antibiotics on viruses ?
Viruses are "non-living" entities but it can interact with antibiotics
Taking antibiotics cures viral infections
Viruses do not possess metabolic pathways on which antibiotics can function, whereas bacteria have such pathways
Viruses are resistant to antibiotics
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UPSC NDA-2 – 2020
– Viruses lack their own metabolic pathways for functions like replication, using host cell machinery instead.
– Taking antibiotics for viral infections is ineffective and contributes to antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
– Viral infections require antiviral medications, not antibiotics.