Question: Acyclovir is a drug used to treat viral infection by impairing its replication. Why will it not effect bacterial replication as well?

Options

A : Bacteria under viral attack don’t replicate

B : Viral polymerase binds to it and thus can’t perform its function

C : Virus uses it in a polymerization

D : Cellular mechanism deactivates it

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