Hepatitis C is a viral infection of the liver that can lie dormant for wear before a person ever shows symptoms. While the person has no sees toms, what cycle is the virus in? Once the person begins to show symp toms, what cycle has the virus entered?

When a person has no symptoms, the hepatitis C virus is in the latent or dormant cycle. Once the person begins to show symptoms, the virus has entered the active or replicative cycle.