The following five species of Medetera are described as new from Sri Lanka: M. peradeniya, M. kandyensis, M. colombensis, M. nuwarensis, M. subgrisescens. A key is provided to males of the ten known Sri Lankan species of Medetera.

known as denmert) caused total loss of its fungicidal activity towards Sphaerotheca fuliginea and Monilinia fmctigena. These workers suggested that the co-ordination of the heterocyclic meta-nitrogen atom of buthiobate to a cationic receptor site may be important for its fungicidal activity. The cationic receptor site mentioned would appear to be the Fez+ of the cytochrome P-450 catalysing step...

A portable molecular diagnostic laboratory was used to provide molecular confirmation of suspected melioidosis cases seen at Peradeniya Hospital, central Sri Lanka. Soil supernatants from rice field and rubber plantation samples also produced PCR-positive results. These procedures could be used for melioidosis field work in other remote locations.

BACKGROUND Although environmental and occupational health (EOH) research and services in Sri Lanka have a long history, policies related to EOH are outdated. METHODS We review the International Training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (ITREOH) program in Sri Lanka that commenced in 2006 as a collaboration between the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Faculty of...

BACKGROUND The migration of health-care workers contributes to the shortage of health-care workers in many developing countries. This paper aims to describe the migration of medical specialists from Sri Lanka and to discuss the successes and failures of strategies to retain them. METHODS This paper presents data on all trainees who have left Sri Lanka for postgraduate training through the Pos...