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Hope this helps: https://journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1128/cmr.10.3.419

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-021-01026-3

Thanks! Still, the article does not back the claim of the parent. The citation that is given for the horizontal gene transfer in herpesvirus states the following:

> herpesviruses are known to capture host genes to evade host defenses. [0]

That still sounds like a one-way gene transfer, and in no way an 'insertion into your DNA to stay dormant' as parent claims.

[0]: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/JVI.00359-18

Ah, apologies, I thought you were interested in horizontal transfer. Honestly, now I'm not sure what your question is: the herpes virus' dormancy, or it's DNA insertion. The DNA insertion is already well documented, as is the dormancy, although I have no idea as to the mechanisms for said dormancy. Well, thanks for the rabbit hole!

this is horizontal gene flow. transposable elements are one of a number of vectors. viral transfer is another [herpes, ad supra]