Hey I have 2 questions:
1.is a virus a bacteria(or the other way around?)?Where do bacterias fit if they’re not viruses and the other way around?
2.I’d also like to know the difference between viral and bacterial DISEASES,not between viruses and bacterias.I know you can cure bacterial diseases with antibiotics and you can’t viral,but I wanna know the difference between the two.
Hopefully you’ll be able to help,thank you very much!
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Hi there. No, a virus is not a bacteria. Viruses are their own identity. They are infectious agents and are incapable of reproducing except by ‘hijacking’ a cell (such as a human cell) and utilising what they need from that cell to reproduce. Nasty, hey? You’re right: because viruses aren’t bacteria, they can’t be treated with antibiotics. The symptoms of a viral infection depend on the particular virus. The rhinovirus – common cause of the common ‘cold’ – is exhibited through congestion (nose), sore throat, blocked-up head, cough, and so on. However, the influenza virus – what causes the ‘flu’ – can present with the above symptoms but aches and pains in the joints, some of the worst exhaustion you will ever experience and, the classic symptom, a fever (lots and lots of sweating).
Bacteria are capable of reproduction without outside influence (as opposed to viruses). Bacteria are responsible for wound infections such as ‘golden staph’ (or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), urinary tract infections (can be caused by a range of bacteria), and pneumonia (can be caused by several bacteria, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae).
Viruses and bacteria can be rather confusing. Hope that helps somewhat. =)
infectious agents are devided in 5 majour groups , bacteria , fungi , protozoa , helminths (worms) and the viruses .
the bacteria belong to prokaryotics and fungi together with bacteria forms the protists, the helminths are classified as metazoa in animal kingdom , the protists are distingused from animal cells like helminths by fact that they are unicellular and simple organisms
the protozoa along with helminths are collectively called parasites
and viruses are oranisms but not cells because a cell has many parts like cell membrane nucleus , cytoplasm but viruses have just genetic material like DNA which has the function to order cytoplasm to form amino acids which are basic structural elements so what they do is enter another cell nucleus and govern the genetic material in nucleus order them to form nucleic acids which form the viral body along with that DNA strand , that means viruses cant live by itself but they require other cells for their production
that discussion shows how you treat viral and bacterial infection
in bacterial you kill bacterium
while in viral disease you just decrease viral load
hope it helped