Research Article

The Chronology of Angiostrongylus vasorum (Baillet, 1866), Kamensky, 1905: Infection in Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818)

Table 2

Morphological classification of the hemocyte response of Biomphalaria glabrata infected by Angiostrongylus vasorum.

Infection timeClassification of hemocyte response
AbsentDiscreteModeratePregranulomaGranulomaAggregate in the concavity of the larvaeLoose aggregate hemocytes

30 minX
1 hX
2 hX
3 hX
4 hX
5 hXX
6 hXX
8 hXX
12 hXX
24 hXXX
2 daysX
3 days
4 days
5 days
6 daysX
8 days
14 daysX
20 daysXXX
30 daysX
60 daysX