obsolete suppression by virus of host cytokine activity https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/23655 true GO:0039518 down-regulation by virus of host cytokine activity 2011-06-22T04:09:41Z inhibition by virus of host cytokine activity This term was obsoleted because it represents a molecular function. negative regulation by virus of host cytokine activity OBSOLETE. Any process in which a virus stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of host cytokine activity. downregulation by virus of host cytokine activity bf biological_process symbiont-mediated suppression of host innate immune response