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Destructive disinfection of infected brood prevents systemic disease spread in ant colonies

In social groups, infections have the potential to spread rapidly and cause disease outbreaks. Here, we show that in a social insect, the ant Lasius neglectus, the negative consequences of fungal infections (Metarhizium brunneum) can be mitigated by employing an efficient multicomponent behaviour, t...

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Publicado no:eLife
Main Authors: Pull, Christopher D, Ugelvig, Line V, Wiesenhofer, Florian, Grasse, Anna V, Tragust, Simon, Schmitt, Thomas, Brown, Mark JF, Cremer, Sylvia
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2018
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5760203/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29310753
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.32073
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