Showing posts with label about malaria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label about malaria. Show all posts
Dirty socks could help fight malaria
Dirty socks could help fight malaria
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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| 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
Joseph DeRisi (UCSF) Part 1: Malaria: The disease and parasites
This brief set of three lectures gives a very general overview of malaria, the disease and Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of the most deadly form. Basic research as well as drug development efforts will also be covered in parts two and three of this series. See more at http://www.ibioseminars.org
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