[katieHaylor (OP)]

Judi says:

I've heard several podcasts and read a couple of articles about ants rescuing comrades injured in battles, how they take them back to their nest, and treat their wounds by licking or treating their wounds with saliva. 

Do ants have tongues? How do they treat the injured with saliva?

What do you think?

[chris]

Do you think they administer "anty-bodies"?

[evan_au]

I have heard that ants attack, kill and dispose of the bodies of ants with fungal infections...
A bit like our own immune system attacking, killing and disposing of infected cells.

[chris]

Nice article by Chris Pull on how ants do the insect equivalent of infection control to prevent disease spread.