symbiont-mediated-mediated suppression of host tetherin activity https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/22166 Any process in which a symbiont stops, prevents, or reduces the activity of host tetherin activity. Tetherin (also known as BST2) is an alpha interferon-inducible cellular factor that impairs the release of many enveloped viruses. By blocking tetherin activity, many viruses circumvent its antiviral effects. biological_process bf GO:0039587 suppression by virus of host tetherin activity 2012-05-04T02:33:29Z inhibition of host BST2/Tetherin by virus VZ:665 evasion of suppression of viral release by host via inhibition of host tetherin activity symbiont-mediated perturbation of host defense response