Anti-pathogen protection versus survival costs mediated by an ectosymbiont in an ant host

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Differential gene expression inAcromyrmexleaf-cutting ants after challenges with two fungal pathogens

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Dietary Cholesterol Modulates Pathogen Blocking by Wolbachia

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Ants Disinfect Fungus-Exposed Brood by Oral Uptake and Spread of Their Poison

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Effects of social immunity and unicoloniality on host-parasite interactions in invasive insect societies

(2012) Line V. Ugelvig et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Social Transfer of Pathogenic Fungus Promotes Active Immunisation in Ant Colonies

(2012) Matthias Konrad et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The expression and impact of antifungal grooming in ants

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Rapid Spread of a Bacterial Symbiont in an Invasive Whitefly Is Driven by Fitness Benefits and Female Bias

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Parasitic infection protects wasp larvae against a bacterial challenge

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Honeydew collection by the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus versus the native ant L. grandis

(2009) Carolina Ivon Paris et al.   Arthropod-Plant Interactions

A Wolbachia Symbiont in Aedes aegypti Limits Infection with Dengue, Chikungunya, and Plasmodium

(2009) Luciano A. Moreira et al.   CELL

Symbiont-mediated protection in insect hosts

(2009) Jeremy C. Brownlie et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

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(2009) Simon Fellous et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

The introduction history of invasive garden ants in Europe: integrating genetic, chemical and behavioural approaches

(2008) Line V Ugelvig et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Temporal patterns in immune responses to a range of microbial insults (Tenebrio molitor)

(2008) Eleanor R. Haine et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Wolbachia and Virus Protection in Insects

(2008) L. M. Hedges et al.   SCIENCE

Social insect symbionts: evolution in homeostatic fortresses

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