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Ants Disinfect Fungus-Exposed Brood by Oral Uptake and Spread of Their Poison by Tragust, Simon, Mitteregger, Barbara, Barone, Vanessa, Konrad, Matthias, Ugelvig, Line V., Cremer, Sylvia

“…To fight infectious diseases, host immune defenses are employed at multiple levels. Sanitary behavior, such as pathogen avoidance and removal, acts as a first…”
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Social Prophylaxis: Group Interaction Promotes Collective Immunity in Ant Colonies by Ugelvig, Line V., Cremer, Sylvia

“…Life in a social group increases the risk of disease transmission [1–3]. To counteract this threat, social insects have evolved manifold antiparasite defenses,…”
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Destructive disinfection of infected brood prevents systemic disease spread in ant colonies by Pull, Christopher D, Ugelvig, Line V, Wiesenhofer, Florian, Grasse, Anna V, Tragust, Simon, Schmitt, Thomas, Brown, Mark Jf, Cremer, Sylvia

“…In social groups, infections have the potential to spread rapidly and cause disease outbreaks. Here, we show that in a social insect, the ant , the negative…”
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Social transfer of pathogenic fungus promotes active immunisation in ant colonies by Konrad, Matthias, Vyleta, Meghan L, Theis, Fabian J, Stock, Miriam, Tragust, Simon, Klatt, Martina, Drescher, Verena, Marr, Carsten, Ugelvig, Line V, Cremer, Sylvia

“…Due to the omnipresent risk of epidemics, insect societies have evolved sophisticated disease defences at the individual and colony level. An intriguing yet…”
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Effects of social immunity and unicoloniality on host—parasite interactions in invasive insect societies by Ugelvig, Line V., Cremer, Sylvia

“…1. Social insects have a very high potential to become invasive pest species. Here, we explore how their social lifestyle and their interaction with parasites…”
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Rapid anti-pathogen response in ant societies relies on high genetic diversity by Ugelvig, Line V., Kronauer, Daniel J. C., Schrempf, Alexandra, Heinze, Jürgen, Cremer, Sylvia

“…Social organisms are constantly exposed to infectious agents via physical contact with conspecifics. While previous work has shown that disease susceptibility…”
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Pupal cocoons affect sanitary brood care and limit fungal infections in ant colonies by Tragust, Simon, Ugelvig, Line V, Chapuisat, Michel, Heinze, Jürgen, Cremer, Sylvia

“…The brood of ants and other social insects is highly susceptible to pathogens, particularly those that penetrate the soft larval and pupal cuticle. We here…”
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The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants by Cremer, Sylvia, Ugelvig, Line V, Drijfhout, Falko P, Schlick-Steiner, Birgit C, Steiner, Florian M, Seifert, Bernhard, Hughes, David P, Schulz, Andreas, Petersen, Klaus S, Konrad, Heino, Stauffer, Christian, Kiran, Kadri, Espadaler, Xavier, d'Ettorre, Patrizia, Aktaç, Nihat, Eilenberg, Jørgen, Jones, Graeme R, Nash, David R, Pedersen, Jes S, Boomsma, Jacobus J

“…It is unclear why some species become successful invaders whilst others fail, and whether invasive success depends on pre-adaptations already present in the…”
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Correction to: The introduction history of invasive garden ants in Europe: integrating genetic, chemical and behavioural approaches by Ugelvig, Line V, Drijfhout, Falko P, Kronauer, Daniel J C, Boomsma, Jacobus J, Pedersen, Jes S, Cremer, Sylvia

“…Reinvestigation of the raw data revealed an unfortunate error in Ugelvig et al. 2008 [1]…”
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Camponotus floridanus Ants Incur a Trade-Off between Phenotypic Development and Pathogen Susceptibility from Their Mutualistic Endosymbiont Blochmannia by Sinotte, Veronica M, Freedman, Samantha N, Ugelvig, Line V, Seid, Marc A

“…Various insects engage in microbial mutualisms in which the reciprocal benefits exceed the costs. Ants of the genus benefit from nutrient supplementation by…”
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Reconstructing eight decades of genetic variation in an isolated Danish population of the large blue butterfly Maculinea arion by Ugelvig, Line V, Nielsen, Per S, Boomsma, Jacobus J, Nash, David R

“…Fragmentation of terrestrial ecosystems has had detrimental effects on metapopulations of habitat specialists. Maculinea butterflies have been particularly…”
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The introduction history of invasive garden ants in Europe: integrating genetic, chemical and behavioural approaches by Ugelvig, Line V, Drijfhout, Falko P, Kronauer, Daniel J C, Boomsma, Jacobus J, Pedersen, Jes S, Cremer, Sylvia

“…The invasive garden ant, Lasius neglectus, is the most recently detected pest ant and the first known invasive ant able to become established and thrive in the…”
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Opposing effects of allogrooming on disease transmission in ant societies by Theis, Fabian J., Ugelvig, Line V., Marr, Carsten, Cremer, Sylvia

“…To prevent epidemics, insect societies have evolved collective disease defences that are highly effective at curing exposed individuals and limiting disease…”
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Immune challenges increase network centrality in a queenless ant by Alciatore, Giacomo, Ugelvig, Line V., Frank, Erik, Bidaux, Jérémie, Gal, Asaf, Schmitt, Thomas, Kronauer, Daniel J. C., Ulrich, Yuko

“…Social animals display a wide range of behavioural defences against infectious diseases, some of which increase social contacts with infectious individuals…”
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Density-dependence and within-host competition in a semelparous parasite of leaf-cutting ants by Hughes, William O H, Petersen, Klaus S, Ugelvig, Line V, Pedersen, Dorthe, Thomsen, Lene, Poulsen, Michael, Boomsma, Jacobus J

“…Parasite heterogeneity and within-host competition are thought to be important factors influencing the dynamics of host-parasite relationships. Yet, while…”
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Patterns of host use by brood parasitic Maculinea butterflies across Europe by Tartally, András, Thomas, Jeremy A, Anton, Christian, Balletto, Emilio, Barbero, Francesca, Bonelli, Simona, Bräu, Markus, Casacci, Luca Pietro, Csősz, Sándor, Czekes, Zsolt, Dolek, Matthias, Dziekańska, Izabela, Elmes, Graham, Fürst, Matthias A, Glinka, Uta, Hochberg, Michael E, Höttinger, Helmut, Hula, Vladimir, Maes, Dirk, Munguira, Miguel L, Musche, Martin, Nielsen, Per Stadel, Nowicki, Piotr, Oliveira, Paula S, Peregovits, László, Ritter, Sylvia, Schlick-Steiner, Birgit C, Settele, Josef, Sielezniew, Marcin, Simcox, David J, Stankiewicz, Anna M, Steiner, Florian M, Švitra, Giedrius, Ugelvig, Line V, Van Dyck, Hans, Varga, Zoltán, Witek, Magdalena, Woyciechowski, Michal, Wynhoff, Irma, Nash, David R

“…The range of hosts exploited by a parasite is determined by several factors, including host availability, infectivity and exploitability. Each of these can be…”
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Increased grooming after repeated brood care provides sanitary benefits in a clonal ant by Westhus, Claudia, Ugelvig, Line V., Tourdot, Edouard, Heinze, Jürgen, Doums, Claudie, Cremer, Sylvia

“…Repeated pathogen exposure is a common threat in colonies of social insects, posing selection pressures on colony members to respond with improved…”
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Camponotusfloridanus Ants Incur a Trade-Off between Phenotypic Development and Pathogen Susceptibility from Their Mutualistic Endosymbiont Blochmannia by Sinotte, Veronica M, Freedman, Samantha N, Ugelvig, Line V, Seid, Marc A

“…Various insects engage in microbial mutualisms in which the reciprocal benefits exceed the costs. Ants of the genus Camponotus benefit from nutrient…”
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Opposing effects of allogrooming on disease transmission in ant societies by Theis, Fabian J., Ugelvig, Line V., Marr, Carsten, Cremer, Sylvia

“…To prevent epidemics, insect societies have evolved collective disease defences that are highly effective at curing exposed individuals and limiting disease…”
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Effects of social immunity and unicoloniality on host―parasite interactions in invasive insect societies : INVASIONS AND INFECTIONS by UGELVIG, Line V, CREMER, Sylvia

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