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Social insect biology

collective defences, such as grooming and removal of infected members, by which social insect colonies protect themselves from disease.

In social insect biology, social immunity refers to collective defences, such as grooming and removal of infected members, by which social insect colonies protect themselves from disease. This meaning comes from Cremer (2007) in Current Biology.[1]

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Cremer, S., Armitage, S. A. O., & Schmid-Hempel, P. (2007). Social Immunity. Current Biology, 17(16), R693-R702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.06.008

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