Helping in spite of risk: Ants perform risk-averse sanitary care of infectious nest mates

Ants care for their sick nest mates in different ways, depending on their own immune status. When they themselves are susceptible to dangerous superinfections, they use a different method to care for sick colony members compared to ants that are not susceptible, thus protecting themselves from infection.
Helping in spite of risk: Ants perform risk-averse sanitary care of infectious nest mates
Helping in spite of risk: Ants perform risk-averse sanitary care of infectious nest mates
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