Burst size and latent period across diverse phytoplankton viruses can be explained in terms of life history evolution (amnat.org)
Unlike BRCA1, heterozygous disruption of BECN1 in mice increased the frequency of spontaneous malignancies, although over a long latent period (13 - 18 months)[7,8]. (f1000.com)
Drugs work for while, but patients may get sick again because dormant bacteria within them «re-activate» after a latent period, or because they get a new infection from an external source. (sciencemag.org)