Sunday 2nd December
This morning we visited Dr Zahid at the icddr,b again, and collected (back) small parts of our samples to take to Prof Hamida Khanum, a parasitologist at the University of Dhaka.
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| Dhaka University - a lovely campus, with buildings over 300yrs old |
Prof Hamida Khanum will be undertaking some further tests for us, to determine the number of viable helminth eggs in the samples. This is important to see if our process will inactivate them at all - although she cautioned that one cannot really 'kill' them, as they are so tough - they will merely wait until the right conditions arise, and then develop. All you can do is ensure good hygiene practices, particularly handwashing, and prevent contamination that way. Still, it will be interesting so see what kind of numbers we are looking at.
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