Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Anaplasma platys in bone marrow megakaryocytes of young dogs.
- Journal:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
- Year:
- 2014
- Authors:
- De Tommasi, A Sara et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Veterinary Medicine · Italy
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
Anaplasma platys is an obligate intracellular rickettsial pathogen that infects platelets of dogs, forming basophilic intracellular morulae. In the present report, cellular inclusions were documented in bone marrow thrombocyte precursors of two young naturally infected dogs, indicating that A. platys can infect megakaryocytes and promegakaryocytes.
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