Is it true that herpes viruses can hide from the immune system?

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Dear friends,

Is it true that herpes viruses can hide from immune system causing lifelong

infections? I am just trying to figure out if this is why some autistic

children don't show deregulated immune markers or hhv6 viral titers until after

they start antiviral treatments. I have had doctors tell me that in the past.

Regards,

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Herpes Virus Trashes Detection Mechanism to Hide from Immune System

http://scienceblog.com/739/herpes-virus-trashes-detection-mechanism-to-hide-from\

-immune-system/

St. Louis, Jan. 14, 2003 ? Herpes viruses are notorious for their ability to

hide from the immune system and establish lifelong infections. Researchers at

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered how one

mouse herpes virus escapes detection. The study appears in the January issue of

the journal Immunity.

Researchers Discover how Herpes Tricks the Immune System

http://www.siteman.wustl.edu/internal.aspx?id=567

St. Louis, August 20, 2002 — Herpes viruses enter the body and hide away in

cells, often re-emerging later to cause illnesses such as shingles, genital

herpes and cancer. How these viruses evade the immune system remains poorly

understood, but researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.

Louis discovered that a mouse herpes virus uses molecules that mimic a cell's

own proteins to help thwart an immune attack.