Any process, either active or passive, by which a virus avoids or tolerates the effects of its host organism's defense(s). Host defenses may be induced by the presence of the virus or may be preformed (e.g. physical barriers). The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction. (Gene Ontology, GO_0019049)
1 genes participating in the mitigation of host antiviral defense response biological process from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2023 dataset.
