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Why would a drug that damages capsids help treat a viral infection?
A. Capsids prevent the lytic cycle from beginning.
B. Transduction requires a capsid.
C. Viruses use capsids to increase genetic variation.
D. Capsids provide protection for viruses.

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D, since a capsids protects a viruses and it acts as a shell like material, if a drug that damages the capsids would make the virus be able to be killed off because it does not have its protection anymore.
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A drug that damages capsids help treat a viral infection because capsids provide protection for viruses.

What is a Capsid?

Thi is defined as the protein shell of a virus which houses its genetic material.

Damaging the capsids by drugs will inhibit replication and therefore help in treating the viral infection.

Read more about Capsid here https://brainly.com/question/1327856

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