evasion or tolerance of host defenses

id: GO:0044415
name: evasion or tolerance of host defenses
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Any process, either active or passive, by which an organism avoids or tolerates the effects of its host organism's defense(s). Host defenses may be induced by the presence of the organism or may be preformed (e.g. physical barriers). The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0019049evasion of host defenses by virus
GO:0030682evasion or tolerance of host defense response
GO:0052067negative regulation by symbiont of entry into host cell via phagocytosis

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0044413avoidance of host defenses
GO:0051834evasion or tolerance of defenses of other organism involved in symbiotic interaction