Which of the following best describes how cleaning products like chlorine, hydrogen peroxide, and soap influence the infectious rate of a virus on a surface as discussed in the article?

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These cleaning products are not effective against reducing viral infections. Only alcohol based produces will cause the viruses to be no longer infectious.

These cleaning products break apart the DNA or RNA of the viruses causing them to no longer be capable of reproducing.

These cleaning products are used to wash way the viral particles from the surface, but do not disrupt the components of the viruses themselves.

These cleaning products break apart the capsules of the viruses causing them to no longer be capable of infecting an individual.

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Liana Pierce

Biology

20 February, 22:06

Which of the following best describes how cleaning products like chlorine, hydrogen peroxide, and soap influence the infectious rate of a virus on a surface as discussed in the article?

Group of answer choices

These cleaning products are not effective against reducing viral infections. Only alcohol based produces will cause the viruses to be no longer infectious.

These cleaning products break apart the DNA or RNA of the viruses causing them to no longer be capable of reproducing.

These cleaning products are used to wash way the viral particles from the surface, but do not disrupt the components of the viruses themselves.

These cleaning products break apart the capsules of the viruses causing them to no longer be capable of infecting an individual.

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These cleaning products break apart the capsules of the viruses causing them to no longer be capable of infecting an individual.

Explanation:

Bleach oxidises organic molecules. This causes proteins to become denatured, or lose their shape. The viral capsule containing the DNA is a coat made up of proteins that is required for the virus to become infectious. Therefore, following bleach treatment, the viral protein capsule become oxidised, cause them to loses their shape, meaning the virus can no longer infect individuals.