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In this cross-sectional study we aimed to assess its impact on the quality of life of school children in Kenya. School pupils (198) aged 8\u201314 years with tungiasis were randomly selected and interviewed using a tungiasis-specific quality of life instrument (TLQI). The caregivers of each infected pupil and 199 randomly selected caregivers of uninfected pupils were interviewed using the proxy KIDscreen52 to assess their child\u2019s general health-related quality of life (HR-QoL). Generalized linear models were used to assess associations between quality-of-life variables, children\u2019s tungiasis status and other covariables. Among infected children, 62.4% had TLQI scores reflecting a moderate to very high impact, with no significant difference between mild and severe cases. Severe cases had a lower proxy-HR-QoL than uninfected pupils (\u03b2 -21.15, 95% CI -39.63\u2009\u2212\u2009-2.68, p\u2009=\u20090.025), but this was not significant in multivariable models. 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