A process in which a symbiont interferes with the progression of the host mitotic cell cycle from G2 phase to M phase, leading to arrest in G2 phase. The arrest in G2/M allows some viruses to replicate their genome before cells enter mitosis. Alternatively, it can inhibit the antiviral immune response by preventing the clonal expansion of infected lymphocytes.
perturbation by virus of G2/M transition of host mitotic cell cycle