is latent virus and lysogenic same thing?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Virus latency (or viral latency) is the ability of a pathogenic virus to lie dormant (latent) within a cell, denoted as the lysogenic part of the viral life cycle.A latent viral infection is a type of persistent viral infection which is distinguished from a chronic viral infection.Latency is the phase in certain viruses' life cycles in which, after initial infection, proliferation of virus particles ceases. However, the viral genome is not fully eradicated.rom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Virus latency (or viral latency) is the ability of a pathogenic virus to lie dormant (latent) within a cell, denoted as the lysogenic part of the viral life cycle.