Aphids are also notorious for producing a sugary substance called honeydew (it's the excretion they produce after sucking the lifeblood from your plant), which attracts both ants and fungi.
Another thing I found reasonably effective when I had an infestation on my tomatoes was to spray them with neem oil extract (make sure it's not the concentrate), and in between sprayings squish the little buggers myself. The neem oil has the added benefit of being fungicidal, which was really important in the humid environment I lived in at the time.