Creating slides by graduate students for Foldscope

Nov 26, 2018 • 8:35 PM UTC

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Fabrics when in mist state are exposed to fungi. The fungi development can be seen using foldscope. fungi damages and ruptures the fiber structure thus leading to weakening of fibers.

In continuation to our previous post , we decided to show individuals a wide range of parasites and bacteria that could reside on clothes. For this, we have picked few soiled clothing, unwashed clothes for more than a month and used them for preparation of slides.

We anticipate that these slides when inserted in foldscope will help better demonstration of presence of microorganisms on clothing. It should give a better insight for school children and other individuals on the need to wash their clothes regularly and in a proper way.

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