Department of Parasitology, University of Peradeniya

Peradeniya, NCP Sri Lanka

Education

The major focus of the Department of Parasitology is in the implementation of teaching/learning activities in the discipline of medical parasitology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The department is also involved with educational activities relating to this discipline in other allied health sciences programs within and outside the Faculty of Medicine. The staff provides diagnostic and consultancy services in parasitic diseases to the state and private sector and is also engaged in research. With the availability of newer facilities such as cell culture, serodiagnostic and molecular diagnostic laboratory.