AIM: To understand the transmission route of soil-transmitted helminth in the villages of Fujian and Jiangsu Provinces. METHODS: Soil samples were washed with water and the sedimented larvae were examined by direct smear method. Eggs were examined after separated from soil by floating with saturated sodium nitrate solution. RESULTS: Out of 16 kinds of vegatables collected from 18 households in 3 villages in Shaowu County, Fujian Province, 7 kinds were found to have the eggs and/or larvae of Ascaris and other soil-transmitted helminths. 19 samples from 47 samples were positive, the positive rate being 40.4%. Among them, garlic, onion, cabbage and water spinach were found to have higher detection rate. Of 17 kinds of vegetables collected from 20 households in 2 villages in Jiangning County, Jiangsu Province, 11 kinds were found to have eggs of Asca ris and Rhabditis larvae. 21 samples from 79 samples were egg positive, the positive rate being 26.6%. Green vegetable, water spinach and three-coloured amaranth had a higher positive rate. 4 kinds of vegetables (onion, pakchoi, coriander and cucumber) among 7 kinds bought from the market in Shaowu County, were egg positive. In Jiangning County, 4 kinds (radish, onion, tomato and yam bean) from 9 kinds were positive (Al and/or S.). The egg positive rate of the shoe-sole soil samples in Shaowu County, Fujian Province (55.6% ) was higher than that in Jiangning County, Jiangsu Province (15.0%). Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, Trichostrongylus and Toxocara canis were found in both places. CONCLUSION: The vegetables shoe-sole soil contaminated with helminth eggs and larvae played a role in the dissemination of soil-transmitted helminths.