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more-inEven after it was confirmed that three people had died of Nipah viral infection in Changaroth grama panchayat, 40 km away from Kozhikode city, experts are yet to determine the root cause of the infection. Fruit eating bats are carriers of Nipah virus. “This is a purely entomological study, and we are planning to determine if the bats were indeed the source of infection. A team of 20 experts from various government agencies were at Sooppikkada on Monday to catch the bats. “There are two types of bats found in India, the fruit eating ones and the insectivorous bats..