Which best describes the purpose of a fever? to make the body too hot for the bacteria to live to make the body too cold for the bacteria to live to stimulate lymphocytes to make antibodies to stimulate an increased production of sweat

The statement that best describes the purpose of a fever is to make the body hot for the bacteria to live. This is a defense mechanism of the body to avoid further entry of bacteria in the body and this is also to remind us that there is something wrong inside our body. When white blood cells are being released in the blood stream, a certain kind of bacteria-fighting cell signals the brain, thus making the body hot or have an increased in temperature.