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From: Gastropod-derived haemocyte extracellular traps entrap metastrongyloid larval stages of Angiostrongylus vasorum, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior

Fig. 1

In vivo InEPT formation in Limax maximus as early response against living Angiostrongylus vasorum larvae. a Scanning electron microscopy overview on the total slug, circle shows the area of interest which is magnified in (b). b Angiostrongylus vasorum larvae on the slug surface, circle shows area of interest which is magnified in (c). c Haemocytes in tight contact to lungworm larvae releasing delicate ET-like fibres (sprInEPTs, arrows). d Haemocytes (arrows) on the surface of the slug attached to a L1 larvae releasing delicate web-like structures (diffInEPTs) which cover the surface of the larvae

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