By IDSE News Staff
New research from North Carolina State University supports the link between persistent infection and some cancer types.
Researchers found a high prevalence of Bartonella bacteria in tumors and tissues—but not blood samples—taken from dogs with hemangiosarcoma (HSA), a cancer of the blood vessels. Bartonella appears to be able to remain and thrive, undetected, within tissue (PLoS One 2020;15[1]:e0227234. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227234).