Benjamin-Chung J, Crider YS, Mertens A, et al. - Globally, soil-transmitted helminths and Giardia duodenalis account for a large burden of disease. As household finished floors (eg, concrete floors) are expected to lower transmission of soil-transmitted helminths and G duodenalis in low-resource settings, researchers sought to determine correlations between household finished flooring and soil-transmitted helminths and G duodenalis prevalence via conducting this prospective cohort study of children nested within two randomised trials in rural Bangladesh and Kenya. They performed analysis of stool specimens retrieved from 7,187 (92·2%) of 7,795 children in Bangladesh and 9,077 (93·7%) of 9,686 children in Kenya. At enrollment, finished floors were reported in 691 (10%) households in Bangladesh and 471 (5%) households in Kenya. Findings revealed lower prevalence of G duodenalis and some soil-transmitted helminths among children in correlation with living in households with finished floors over a 2-year period in low-resource settings.