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World s largest parasite found in Lanka
Tuesday, 19 July 2011 - 3:38 PM SL Time
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With dengue and mysterious viral epidemics hitting Sri Lanka, the Medical Research Institute said yesterday it had identified in a Sri Lankan the largest parasite to survive in the human body.
The parasite known as the Balantidium Coli` is the largest protozoa parasite that has ever been found in a Sri Lankan, Medical Research Institute`s Chief Parasitologist Sagarika Samarasinghe said.
This parasite lives in the large colon of pigs and it is the largest protozoa parasite in the world and it is found in the droppings of pigs and enters the human body by way of water that is contaminated with the infected droppings.
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Live the life of a farmer - at Vil Uyana
Wednesday, 27 July 2011 - 6:19 PM SL Time
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Situated among reed beds and paddy fields, over the first man-made lake since the era of Parakramabahu I, among the peace and tranquility of Sigiriya, is what Harper`s Bazaar calls the Best Eco Luxury Hotel in Sri Lanka, Jetwing Vil Uyana. This hotel is an unusual and groundbreaking project of Jetwing Hotels, which has for the first time in the world created a private nature reserve through the construction of a wetland system with lakes and reed beds. The hotel itself is built on a section of land that is used to re-grow paddy with cosy dwellings which have been placed within the paddy fields themselves. The extremely unique aspect of this hotel lies in the fact that a wetland system was introduced into a part of the traditional dry zone creating an excitingly new type of approach to eco-living and the eco-lifestyle.
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