Liver and Lung Fluke Treatment Dose (WHO Foodborne Trematodes)
Gives the WHO dose for a liver or lung fluke by weight.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Infection
- Clonorchiasis or opisthorchiasis (liver fluke from raw fish)
- Use
- Preventive chemotherapy (mass or targeted treatment)
- Weight, kg
- 25
- Age in years
- 9
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
- No
Result: Praziquantel 1,000 mg (40 mg/kg, 1.7 × 600 mg tablets) once, as a single dose.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Infection
- Use
- Weight, kg
- Age in years
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
How this is calculated
Citation
World Health Organization. Report of the WHO expert consultation on foodborne trematode infections and taeniasis/cysticercosis, Vientiane, 2009. WHO/HTM/NTD/PCT/2011.3, chapter 5; and WHO Model Formulary 2008, section 6.1.3. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.