Viruses that cause infection resulting in alternating periods of activity with symptoms and inactivity without symptoms are called
A)latent
B)oncogenic.
C)prions.
D)viroids.
E)delta agents.

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Latent viruses are able to remain dormant within a host cell and cause alternating periods of activity with symptoms and inactivity without symptoms. This is often seen with herpes viruses, such as cold sores or genital herpes, where the virus can remain inactive for extended periods of time before becoming active again and causing symptoms. Oncogenic viruses cause cancer, prions are misfolded proteins that can cause disease, viroids are small pieces of RNA that can cause plant disease, and delta agents are a type of virus that requires another virus to be co-present in order to cause disease.

Viruses That Cause Infection Resulting in Alternating Periods of Activity