Which one of the following statements is correct about effects of anti

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
Antibiotics are designed to target specific structures or metabolic processes in bacteria, such as cell wall synthesis, protein synthesis (ribosomes), DNA replication, or specific enzymatic pathways. Viruses, being intracellular parasites, lack their own metabolic machinery; they hijack the host cell’s machinery for replication. Therefore, viruses do not possess the metabolic pathways or structures that antibiotics are designed to inhibit, rendering antibiotics ineffective against them.
– Antibiotics target bacterial processes, not viral ones.
– 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.
The misuse of antibiotics for viral infections is a major driver of antibiotic resistance, a growing global health crisis. Antiviral drugs work by targeting different stages of the viral life cycle, such as entry into the host cell, replication of viral genetic material, or assembly and release of new viruses. Examples of viral infections include the common cold, flu, COVID-19, measles, and HIV.
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