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Parasites and Their Social Hosts

(2017) Paul Schmid-Hempel   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Ants detect but do not discriminate diseased workers within their nest

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Ants detect but do not discriminate diseased workers within their nest

(2016) Jean-Baptiste Leclerc et al.   Science of Nature

Emergency measures: Adaptive response to pathogen intrusion in the ant nest

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Threat detection: contextual recognition and response to parasites by ants

(2014) Christopher Tranter et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Mycosis Inhibits Cannibalism byMelanoplus sanguinipes,M. differentialis,Schistocerca americana, andAnabrus simplex

(2014) Stefan T. Jaronski   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Ant Colonies Prefer Infected over Uninfected Nest Sites

(2014) Luigi Pontieri et al.   PLoS One

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(2014) Leila Masri et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

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(2014) Valerie A. Curtis   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

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(2014) Nathalie Stroeymeyt et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Field colonies of leaf-cutting ants select plant materials containing low abundances of endophytic fungi

(2013) Kyle E. Coblentz et al.   Ecosphere

Grooming Behavior as a Mechanism of Insect Disease Defense

(2013) Marianna Zhukovskaya et al.   Insects

Social Transfer of Pathogenic Fungus Promotes Active Immunisation in Ant Colonies

(2012) Matthias Konrad et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Behavioral Immunity in Insects

(2012) Jacobus C. de Roode et al.   Insects

Plasticity of grooming behavior against entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae in the ant Lasius japonicus

(2011) Masaki Okuno et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

The expression and impact of antifungal grooming in ants

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Recognition and Avoidance of Contaminated Flowers by Foraging Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

(2011) Bertrand Fouks et al.   PLoS One

Behavioral and electrophysiological responses of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki towards entomopathogenic fungal volatiles

(2010) Abid Hussain et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Moribund Ants Leave Their Nests to Die in Social Isolation

(2010) Jürgen Heinze et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Differential fluctuation in virulence and VOC profiles among different cultures of entomopathogenic fungi

(2010) Abid Hussain et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Metarhizium anisopliae enzymes and toxins

(2010) Augusto Schrank et al.   TOXICON

Entomopathogenic fungi and insect behaviour: from unsuspecting hosts to targeted vectors

(2009) Jason Baverstock et al.   BIOCONTROL

Relationship between virulence and repellency of entomopathogenic isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana to the termite Macrotermes michaelseni

(2009) D.M. Mburu et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Inhibition of Metarhizium anisopliae in the alimentary tract of the eastern subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes

(2009) Thomas Chouvenc et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Modulation of social interactions by immune stimulation in honey bee, Apis mellifera, workers

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