Term Name:	establishment of latency as a circular episome
Synonyms:	establishment of circular plasmid latency, establishment of latency as a circular plasmid
Definition:	A process by which a virus establishes a latent state within its host as an episome, where the viral genome remains silent in the cytoplasm or nucleus as a circular structure.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0075529]    QuickGO    AmiGO