A new study published in Nature further strengthen the evidence of the role of breast milk against viral infections during the neonatal period. Read the original article in Nature Human gut is devoid of viruses at birth. Viral colonization in […]
RUSL Researchers mapped the first complete genome of Leptospira from Sri Lanka
For the first time in scientific literature, researchers from the Leptospirosis Research laboratory of DoCM were able to map the complete genome of three Leptospira isolates from Sri Lanka. The fully circularized genome of three Leptospira strains: FMAS_KW1, FMAS_KW2 and […]
Social distancing; one meter (3 feels) may not be safe..!
With Sri Lankan changing the control strategies and allowing a certain degree of community movement and more controlled actions are compulsory. Despite more than 3000 scientific articles published on covid-19 from January to April 2020, all evidence still suggests that […]
Rajarata University helps to expand national diagnostic capacity of COVID-19
With the increasing demand for COVID-19 testing in Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura COVID-19 centre capacity has been increased with the DoCM rt-PCR equipment. The public health research laboratory of DoCM was equipped with a Biorad CFX96 real-time PCR system with 5-channel […]
ECLIPSE Introduction
The introductory video for the ECLIPSE (Empowering Cutaneous Leishmaniasis patients: an Intervention Programme to reduce time to treatment and Stigma via community Education). The ECLIPSE is a multi country collaborative project and the DoCM, FMAS, RUSL will lead the Sri Lankan […]
Researchers predicts the need for long term strategies to contain COVID-19 in Sri Lanka
A group of Sri Lankans from Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale/ Rajarata University predicts that even with all strict control measures in place, the Sri Lankan COVID-19 outbreak will go on for at least 10-12 more weeks. […]