Question

Briefly Describe problems related to treating viral infections.

Answer 1

There are number of problems to treat viral infections. Some important are mentioned below:

• A major problem in treating some viral diseases is that latent viruses can become activated.
• The structure of each virus differs, and specific therapy is often unsuccessful because of periodic changes in the antigenic proteins of the virus.
• The need for a host cell to support the multiplication of the virus makes treatment difficult because the agent must be able to inhibit the virus without seriously affecting the host cells.
• Misusing antibiotics to treat viral infections leads to the problem of antibiotic resistance.