Health, Disease and Biotechnology
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A student says that antibiotics can cure influenza because both influenza and tuberculosis cause fever. Which statement best explains why the student conclusion is wrong?
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A
Antibiotics increase body temperature, so fever becomes worse.
B
Influenza bacteria are protected by a capsule, so antibiotics cannot enter.
C
Influenza is caused by a virus that lacks the cellular targets that antibiotics act on.
D
Tuberculosis is not infectious, so treatment rules do not apply.
E
Antibiotics only work when the immune system is inactive.
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