Reply to Magaret and Wald, “Autism Link to Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Antibody in Pregnancy Likely To Be Spurious”

We thank Magaret and Wald ([1][1]) for comments on our paper that allow us to clarify our experimental design and reemphasize take-home points. They raise four concerns, namely, that (i) there is no correlation between high titers of antibody to HSV and viral replication or HSV acquisition, (ii) the