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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Social insect colonies have evolved many collectively performed adaptations
    that reduce the impact of infectious disease and that are expected to maximize
    their fitness. This colony-level protection is termed social immunity, and it
    enhances the health and survival of the colony. In this review, we address how
    social immunity emerges from its mechanistic components to produce colony-level
    disease avoidance, resistance, and tolerance. To understand the evolutionary causes
    and consequences of social immunity, we highlight the need for studies that evaluate
    the effects of social immunity on colony fitness. We discuss the role that host
    life history and ecology have on predicted eco-evolutionary dynamics, which differ
    among the social insect lineages. Throughout the review, we highlight current
    gaps in our knowledge and promising avenues for future research, which we hope
    will bring us closer to an integrated understanding of socio-eco-evo-immunology.
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author:
- first_name: Sylvia
  full_name: Cremer, Sylvia
  id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Cremer
  orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868
- first_name: Christopher
  full_name: Pull, Christopher
  id: 3C7F4840-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Pull
  orcid: 0000-0003-1122-3982
- first_name: Matthias
  full_name: Fürst, Matthias
  id: 393B1196-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Fürst
  orcid: 0000-0002-3712-925X
citation:
  ama: 'Cremer S, Pull C, Fürst M. Social immunity: Emergence and evolution of colony-level
    disease protection. <i>Annual Review of Entomology</i>. 2018;63:105-123. doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110">10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110</a>'
  apa: 'Cremer, S., Pull, C., &#38; Fürst, M. (2018). Social immunity: Emergence and
    evolution of colony-level disease protection. <i>Annual Review of Entomology</i>.
    Annual Reviews. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110">https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110</a>'
  chicago: 'Cremer, Sylvia, Christopher Pull, and Matthias Fürst. “Social Immunity:
    Emergence and Evolution of Colony-Level Disease Protection.” <i>Annual Review
    of Entomology</i>. Annual Reviews, 2018. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110">https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110</a>.'
  ieee: 'S. Cremer, C. Pull, and M. Fürst, “Social immunity: Emergence and evolution
    of colony-level disease protection,” <i>Annual Review of Entomology</i>, vol.
    63. Annual Reviews, pp. 105–123, 2018.'
  ista: 'Cremer S, Pull C, Fürst M. 2018. Social immunity: Emergence and evolution
    of colony-level disease protection. Annual Review of Entomology. 63, 105–123.'
  mla: 'Cremer, Sylvia, et al. “Social Immunity: Emergence and Evolution of Colony-Level
    Disease Protection.” <i>Annual Review of Entomology</i>, vol. 63, Annual Reviews,
    2018, pp. 105–23, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110">10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110</a>.'
  short: S. Cremer, C. Pull, M. Fürst, Annual Review of Entomology 63 (2018) 105–123.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:48:36Z
date_published: 2018-01-07T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-09-19T09:29:45Z
day: '07'
department:
- _id: SyCr
doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043110
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language:
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month: '01'
oa_version: None
page: 105 - 123
publication: Annual Review of Entomology
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1545-4487
publication_status: published
publisher: Annual Reviews
publist_id: '6844'
quality_controlled: '1'
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title: 'Social immunity: Emergence and evolution of colony-level disease protection'
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