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**Relsenlilky** · 10-21-2011, 04:58 AM

The odour of dirty socks can be used to lure mosquitoes into a deadly trap before they can spread malaria, a US and Canadian-funded researcher based in Africa said on Wednesday. Dr. Fredros Okumu, of the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania, discovered through an experiment that mosquitoes were more attracted to the odour of filthy feet than to live humans sleeping in the same area.

Rather confusing this report. It gives me the impression that the filthy feet did not belong to the live humans sleeping in the area.

Have the filthy feet distanced themselves from the living human beings? More important is, it’s an interesting way to fight malaria.

'Smelly socks could help fight malaria' - Hindustan Times

10-21-2011, 04:58 AM	#1
Relsenlilky Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 465 Senior Member	Set a Thief to Catch a Thief The odour of dirty socks can be used to lure mosquitoes into a deadly trap before they can spread malaria, a US and Canadian-funded researcher based in Africa said on Wednesday. Dr. Fredros Okumu, of the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania, discovered through an experiment that mosquitoes were more *attracted to the odour of filthy feet* than to *live humans sleeping in the same area.* Rather confusing this report. It gives me the impression that the *filthy feet* did not belong to the *live humans sleeping in the area.* Have the filthy feet distanced themselves from the living human beings? More important is, it’s an interesting way to fight malaria. 'Smelly socks could help fight malaria' - Hindustan Times
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