Treatment of Virus Infection Viruses have been called the ultimate parasite. The

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Treatment of Virus Infection Viruses have been called the ultimate parasite. They are dependent on the host cell for nearly all of the processes necessary to replicate (reproduce). This makes it difficult to discover chemotherapeutics affective against viral infections. Consider the types of cellular processes targeted by antimicrobial medications discussed in Chapter 10. Which cellular process would you of an antiviral medication? RNA synthesis Protein synthesis Protein-protein interaction DNA synthesis

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Ans). Translation of viral mRNA into protein is a cellular process, not a viral process. Don't target something that would also affect host cell.

So option, B protein synthesis.

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