id | GO:0019042   Detailed information |
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  name | latent virus infection |
  namespace | biological_process |
  def | "A viral process characterized by (a) the lack of efficient expression of all the viral genes that are transcribed during productive infection, and (b) the activation of a unique latent transcriptional progam." [ISBN:0781702534] |
  is_a | GO:0022415 ! viral reproductive process |