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Viral infection that at a given time is not associated with virion production but which at a later time could be.
| Latent infections are associated with pathogens, typically viruses, that are able to enter states in which replication either does not occur or does occur but with minimal expression of genes. |
See also lysogenic cycle, which is a latent infection by bacteriophages.