How does the virus persist in the body over such a long period despite an immune system that is primed to deactivate the virus with specifi c antibodies?

Varicella infection (chicken pox) results in long-term immunity to the virus that causes it, but infected people can experience a recrudescence of their infection, known as shingles, years or decades aft er their initial infection. How does the virus persist in the body over such a long period despite an immune system that is primed to deactivate the virus with specifi c antibodies?
 

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