# evasion of host immune response

> Any mechanism of immune avoidance that directly affects the host immune system, e.g. blocking any stage in host MHC class I and II presentation. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction.

**Wikidata**: [Q1660157](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1660157)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigenic_escape)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/evasion-of-host-immune-response


## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. UMLS 2023
3. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)