why antibiotics do not work against viral infections?
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Antibiotics are ineffective against viruses because viruses do not have cells. Viruses are infectious agents that live within the cells of other living things. Antibiotics work by breaking down the cell walls of bacteria or interfering with the bacteria's ability to repair its cell's DNA, according to How Stuff Works.
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An antibiotic is a substance, which contains the chemical and biological agents which are able to kill the bacteria in the host body.
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- The antibiotic can fight against the deadly bacterial infections in host.
- The viruses insert their own genetic material in the host cell thus the viral machinery is capable of replicating their own genome.
- The antibiotic has no function over the viral infection as the bacteria in the inactive stage of bacteria will be incapable of fighting against the virus.
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