Morphological Changes in the Bone Marrow of the Dogs with Visceral Leishmaniasis

Table 1

Proportion of histopathological changes and the mean parasite burden in the bone marrow of dogs with visceral leishmaniasis.

Group	Aplasia	Granuloma	Megakary ocytes*	Hemosiderosis	Plasmacytic infiltrate	Number dogs parasitized	Mean parasite load
A (𝑛=8)	4	3	3	2	4	4	32.3
O (𝑛=16)	3	5	7	3	5	9	11.4
S (𝑛=9)	3	4	4	3	2	6	21.4

Group A: asymptomatic; O: oligosymptomatic; S: symptomatic; *megakaryocytes with either dysplasia or emperipolesis.