Hi Hadi,

Below are links to several relevant publications addressing this topic:

http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v10/n6/abs/nrmicro2779.html

http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1002139

http://www.jimmunol.org/content/188/4/1942.short

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166685197002090

http://essays.biochemistry.org/content/51/47

Best, Marcus

Many strategies:

Parasites can hide away from the immune system, can become ‘invisible’ to the immune system, can escape recognition by changing its antigenic surface, active modulation and interference and many more.

Regards.

Hi Hadi.

Some parasites make use of the immune system as self-defense