Preliminary discussions have begun to set up a Nipah research centre in Kozhikode under the One Health programme, which will be implemented in the district soon.
Official sources told The Hindu on Tuesday that the centre would conduct studies on issues such as the source of the infection and the spillover mechanism of the virus from fruit-eating bats, considered to be its natural reservoirs. This is against the backdrop of the recurring episodes of the Nipah infection reported in Kozhikode, in 2018, 2021, and 2023.
