Anaplasma phagocytophilum infects cells of the megakaryocytic lineage through sialylated ligands but fails to alter platelet production

¹ Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, USA

² Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KT, USA

³ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA

⁴ Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA, USA