examples of latent viruses
Other examples of a latent virus include the HIVs. The latent form of HIV is particularly insidious from the point of view of treatment, because the drugs traditionally given to treat AIDS are effective only against the actively replicating form of the virus.acteriophage lambda is not associated with disease. However, other viruses that can establish a latent relationship with the host are capable of causing disease.
One example is Herpes Virus family, Herpesviridae, all of which establish latent infection. Herpes virus include Chicken-pox virus and Herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1, HSV-2), all of which establish episomal latency in neurons and leave linear genetic material floating in the cytoplasm.ore serious ramifications of a latent infection could be the possibility of transforming the cell, and forcing the cell into uncontrolled cell division. This is a result of the random insertion of the viral genome into the hosts own gene and expression of host cellular growth factors for the benefit of the virus.