Explain that a virus can’t be treated with an antibiotic and why.  Think about selective toxicity and why those targets don’t exist for a viral infection.

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Q: Explain how antibiotic resistance develops?

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Q: Matching. Select the mode of action for each drug in the left column; all but one choice is used.

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Viral Replication

The virus is acellular and considered non-living outside the host cell. The replication of the virus occurs only inside the living cells. Only a few genes are present in the smallest virus, whereas many genes are present in the largest virus. These genes encode specific viral proteins.