As the Nipah virus is spreading fast in Faridpur, epidemiologists are suspecting, along with several sources of infection, human-to-human transmission also. A total of 18 people out of 30 affected have died in Faridpur since April 4, raising the total death toll to 45 since January, according to the health directorate. A team of experts from the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) from USA is due in the country on Sunday to investigate the actual means of transmission, said sources in the health directorate.
