Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory - Laboratory User Handbook
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4. Charges

At present most testing carried out by the laboratory for National Health Laboratories within the United Kingdom is without charge; exceptions are shown below.

There is a charge made for work received from private laboratories and certain other institutions and these can be obtained on application.

Tests which always incur a charge:

Acanthamoeba isolation and identification

Acanthamoeba serology

Entomological identification

Specific antigen test for differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar

For current scale of charges please contact the laboratory for information.

Should there be any change to this, all laboratories will be given wherever possible a minimum of 3 months advance notice.