Question

bacteria respond better to medications that attempt to eradicate the contagious illness than viruses do. please select the best answer from the choices provided. t f

Explanation:

Antibiotics are effective against bacteria as they target bacterial cell - wall synthesis, protein synthesis etc. Viruses, on the other hand, are more difficult to treat. Viruses hijack host cells' machinery. Antiviral medications often have a narrower spectrum and work by inhibiting viral replication processes (e.g., reverse transcriptase inhibitors for retroviruses). But in general, bacterial infections (where the causative agent is bacteria) respond better to medications (antibiotics) compared to viral infections (where the causative agent is virus) in terms of the ease of eradicating the infectious agent.

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