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Faced with the risk of disease, ants react to avoid epidemics

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  • 23 November 2018
  • Laurent Keller
    • Biologie et de médecine, UNIL
  • Nathalie Stroeymeyt
    • Biologie et de médecine, UNIL
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When a disease-causing bacterium or virus enters an ant colony, the ants modify their behavior to avoid an epidemic, reveals a study from the University of Lausanne (UNIL).

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