Foot Odor Shirts Used Liked Malaria Mosquitoes

You know, there is a more effective way to repel mosquitoes other than sprays or mosquito net, namely former socks. Yes, old socks that smell may not tasty it is preferred malaria mosquitoes.

Is Dr.Bart Knols, scientists from the Netherlands, who first found out that mosquitoes are attracted to the smell of human feet. He deliberately stood naked in a dark room to find out which body part most preferable to being bitten by mosquitoes. It turned out that the legs are a favorite mosquito.

However, for 15 years, "science" has not been much help scientists in preventing mosquito bites, especially those that can cause diseases like malaria mosquitoes.

Then Dr.Fredros Okumu, head of research projects from Tanzania Ifakara Health Institute, creating a blend of 8 types of chemicals to find the most appropriate scent to attract mosquitoes.

The mosquitoes are lured by the smell like old socks smell it then enters the trap and then given a toxic substance. This method is effective enough to kill 95 percent of mosquitoes. Trap was placed outside the room.

"Trap with a distinctive smell of human feet that attract mosquitoes four times as much," Okumu said that working on this project for 2 years.

He explained the research will still continue to find the most suitable place to lay a trap. If placed too close to humans then there is the possibility of biting mosquitoes are more attracted to humans, but if the distance is too far away will be less effective trap.

The prototype traps made Okumu is still quite expensive because it is the factory that he hoped there could be expensive to produce that trap so they can reach vast masyaraktat.

Top of this innovation Okumu, who last year received $ 100,000 in research funding to get additional 775,000 American dollars from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to continue projeknya in the prevention of malaria.

Although even the global malaria infections have been reduced but still found 220 million new cases of malaria each year. The UN mention of that number 800,000 people died, most were children.