ArticleeLife2018
Destructive disinfection of infected brood prevents systemic disease spread in ant colonies.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 142 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Better safe than sorry: leg amputations as a prophylactic wound care behaviour in carpenter ants.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Parasitism by Entomopathogenic Fungi and Insect Host Defense Strategies.Microorganisms · 2025Review
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- Pathogen-specific social immunity is associated with erosion of individual immune function in an ant.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Varroa destructor mite population dynamics in africanized honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies in a semi-arid region.Experimental & applied acarology · 2024Review
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- Uncovering the function of insulin receptor substrate in termites' immunity through active immunization.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2024Article
- Ants evade harmful food by active abandonment.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Targeted treatment of injured nestmates with antimicrobial compounds in an ant society.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Defensive behavior is linked to altered surface chemistry following infection in a termite society.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Pathogen-Mediated Alterations of Insect Chemical Communication: From Pheromones to Behavior.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Trade-offs between immunity and competitive ability in fighting ant males.BMC ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Chemistry and Functions of Imported Fire Ant Venom.Toxins · 2023Review
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- Pathogen evasion of social immunity.Nature ecology & evolution · 2023Article
- Antiviral immune response reveals host-specific virus infections in natural ant populations.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
In social groups, infections have the potential to spread rapidly and cause disease outbreaks. Here, we show that in a social insect, the ant
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