Question

How significant of a role do you think sanitation and clean water have on the prevalence of helminthic infections ?

Answer 1

Helminthic infections can be greatly reduced by sanitation and clean water.

Helminthic infections is spread through ingestion of or contact with infective stages present in soil contaminated with human faeces. The water contaminated with fecal matter of infected person is an important way of spreading helminthic infections.

Helminths are attached with the wall of human intestines. Their body parts come with the fecal matters. Helminths body parts have regeneration capability.

Hence, sanitation and clean water can prevent the infection of helminthic infections.