Question

Why are antibiotics successfully able to control bacterial infections but not viral infections? explain

Answer 1

1--Because viral infection is a type of virus and antibodies are made to work against  bacteria ...so antibodies are unable to over come viral infection..

2--Second most thing viral infection's virus reproduces in DNA of human cells while antibodies a dont work against genetic changes....

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Answer 2

⇒ Antibiotics are commonly use to block biochemical pathways which is important for bacteria.

⇒ Many Bacteria make cell wall to protect themselves.

⇒ The antibiotic penicillin blocks the bacterial processes that build the cell wall.

⇒ As a result, The growing bacteria are unable to make cell wall and die easily.

⇒ But viruses do not use this path ways therefore antibiotic do not work against viral infection.