Dirty socks could help fight malaria

Dirty socks could help fight malaria

Pakistani daily workers sleep under a mosquito net on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad. - AP file photo



MONTREAL: The odor 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 Wednesday.


Dr. Fredros Okumu, of the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania, discovered through an experiment that mosquitoes were more attracted to the odor of filthy feet than to live humans sleeping in the same area.>>>Read Full Story on dawn.com

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