27. Long answer questions VII

 

a. Which of the following statement is true?

• Viral diseases are not dependent on the host's cells for survival and multiplication.
• Antibiotics do not affect viral diseases
• Antimicrobial drugs do not target bacteria by hindering their cell wall formation.
• Antibiotics do not affect bacterial diseases

 

b. Which of the following statement is false?

 

c. Anti-bacterial and antibiotic medicines target bacteria by blocking their ability to form a cell wall. Therefore, antibiotics work against bacterial diseases.

 

d. Viral diseases need the host's cells to grow and survive. They use the host's cells' biochemical pathways to sustain themselves, so antibiotics cannot treat viral diseases.

 

e. Antibacterial and antibiotic medicines block the formation of bacteria's cell wall, preventing division and leading to their termination without harming host cells.
 

• False
• True