The University of Arizona

Sterling Parasitology Laboratory

Price List

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Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts
  • Charges for 1x10e6 oocysts per ml are $125.00 plus shipping
  • Charges for 1x10e7 oocysts per ml are $200.00 plus shipping
  • Charges for 2x10e7 oocysts per ml are $225.00 plus shipping
  • Charges for 5x10e7 oocysts per ml are $250.00 plus shipping
  • Charges for 1x10e8 oocysts per ml are $300.00 plus shipping
  • Charges for 2x10e8 oocysts per ml are $600.00 plus shipping
  • Charges for 3x10e8 oocysts per ml are $750.00 plus shipping
  • Charges for 5x10e8 oocysts per ml are $950.00 plus shipping*
  • Charges for 1x10e9 oocysts per ml are $1500.00 plus shipping*


*Indicates there will be a declared value/insurance charge

Charges for shipping can be paid either by supplying a FedEx shipping account number before shipment or by addition of a $25.00 shipping charge to your invoice for shipment within the USA or $100.00 shipping charge for international shipments.  An additional box shipping charge of $25.00 is added to all international orders.


Purchasing Information

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Purified Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts
Orders include an invoice, packing list and refrigerated oocysts on frozen gel packs.   Oocysts are shipped in 1.5 ml microcentrifuge tubes in one of the following specified solutions:

  • Antibiotic Solution
  • 5% Formalin (10% Formalin diluted with Antibiotic Solution or 5% Formalin)
  • 10% Formalin
  • 2.5% Potassium Dichromate
  • Heat-inactivated in Antibiotic Solution

Oocysts can be kept at refrigerated temperatures for up to 3 months before viablility begins to decrease.  Excystation reports are only performed upon request and genotyping of the Iowa isolate is confirmed twice a year.

Preferred method of payment is credit/purchasing card, but we also except purchase orders and wire transfers.  For information on bank wire transfers please contact us and we will be happy to email or fax you the information.  Payment must be received within 30 days of order shipment. 

All orders are shipped via Fed Ex priority overnight on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the week unless otherwise requested.  For international orders the customer is responsible for obtaining all necessary import permits.  Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts are considered a Biological Substance Category B under UN3373, Class 6.2. 

For all orders placed within the US we request that shipping containers and ice packs be returned to us via your most inexpensive method in efforts to keep shipping costs low.  Records are kept of who returns our boxes and we will be forced to charge a $25.00 box fee if they are not returned. 

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