A process in which a symbiont inhibits or disrupts the normal execution of host apoptosis, leading to a decrease in the frequency, rate or extent of apoptosis in the host cell. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction.
Comment:
Note that term is to be used to annotate gene products in the symbiont. To annotate host gene products, consider the biological process term 'negative regulation of apoptosis ; GO:0043066'.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
down regulation by organism of host apoptotic programmed cell death; downregulation by organism of host apoptotic programmed cell death; negative regulation by symbiont of host apoptotic process; suppression by symbiont of host apoptotic process
narrow_synonym:
inhibition by organism of host apoptotic programmed cell death; negative regulation by symbiont of host apoptosis; negative regulation by virus of host apoptosis; suppression by virus of host apoptosis