Term Name:	establishment of viral latency
Synonyms:	lysogenic commitment, phage lysogeny
Definition:	A process by which a virus establishes a latent state within its host, either as an integrated provirus within the host genome or as an episome, where viral genome remains in the cytoplasm or nucleus as distinct objects.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0019043]    QuickGO    AmiGO