Term Name:	establishment of latency as a linear episome
Synonyms:	establishment of latency as a linear plasmid, establishment of linear plasmid latency
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 linear structure.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0075530]    QuickGO    AmiGO