Journal article
Organisational immunity in social insects.
- Stroeymeyt N Department of Ecology and Evolution, Biophore, UNIL-Sorge, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Casillas-Pérez B IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Am Campus 1, A-3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.
- Cremer S IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Am Campus 1, A-3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria. Electronic address: sylvia.cremer@ist.ac.at.
- 2020-08-28
Published in:
- Current opinion in insect science. - 2014
English
Selection for disease control is believed to have contributed to shape the organisation of insect societies-leading to interaction patterns that mitigate disease transmission risk within colonies, conferring them 'organisational immunity'. Recent studies combining epidemiological models with social network analysis have identified general properties of interaction networks that may hinder propagation of infection within groups. These can be prophylactic and/or induced upon pathogen exposure. Here we review empirical evidence for these two types of organisational immunity in social insects and describe the individual-level behaviours that underlie it. We highlight areas requiring further investigation, and emphasise the need for tighter links between theory and empirical research and between individual-level and collective-level analyses.
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- English
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- closed
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- DOI 10.1016/j.cois.2014.09.001
- PMID 32846736
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/44632
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