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Pteropus bats are apparent natural reservoirs of Nipah virus. In humans, drinking raw date palm sap is a risk factor for Nipah infection, especially in Bangladesh. Khan et al. conducted a study to evaluate bats’ access to date palm sap. The authors watched the bats through infrared cameras for 20 nights. They were able to identify the bats visiting around the tree and making physical contact with the sap in the sap producing areas. This study confirmed that bats commonly visited date palm trees and physically contacted the sap collected for human consumption, and also links to the Nipah virus transmission in human. …