The odor of dirty socks can be used to lure mosquitoes into a deadly trap before they can spread malaria, a Tanzania researcher said on 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.
His findings have earned him a $775,000 grant from the Gates Foundation and the Canadian Grand Challenges to install the devices in a number of Tanzanian villages to measure their effect on public health.
"It is a bold idea, it's creative," said Peter Singer, chief executive officer of Grand Challenges Canada.
Malaria claimed 781,000 lives in 2009, according to the UN's World Health Organization (WHO).
About 90% of malaria deaths each year occur in Africa and 92% of those are children aged under five.


据法新社13日报道，本周三坦桑尼亚一名研究人员称，脏袜子的气味可以用来引诱蚊子进入致命陷阱，从而制止其传播疟疾。

坦桑尼亚伊法克拉医学研究所专家弗雷德洛斯•奥库姆发现，比起熟睡中的人本身，蚊子更容易受到臭脚气味的吸引。


奥库姆的这项发现为他赢得了盖茨基金会与加拿大"大挑战"机构资助的77.5万美元。这些钱用来帮助他在坦桑尼亚农村安装这种设备，测试防疟疾的效用。

加拿大"大挑战"组织首席执行官皮特•辛格说："这是一个大胆而富有创造性的想法。"

联合国世界卫生组织的统计数据显示，2009年全球有78.1万人被疟疾夺去了生命。
每年因疟疾而失去生命的人有90%是非洲人，92%是五岁以下的儿童。

• deadly [´dedli] a.致命的 ad.死一般地 (初中英语单词)
• institute [´institju:t] n.学院 vt.建立；设置 (初中英语单词)
• foundation [faun´deiʃən] n.建立；基金；地基 (初中英语单词)
• canadian [kə´neidiən] a.加拿大的n.加拿大人 (初中英语单词)
• measure [´meʒə] n.量度；范围 vt.测量 (初中英语单词)
• singer [´siŋə] n.歌手，演唱者 (初中英语单词)
• executive [ig´zekjutiv] a.行政的 n.行政官 (初中英语单词)
• install [in´stɔ:l] vt.任命；装置；安置 (高中英语单词)
• filthy [´filθi] a.污秽的，肮脏的 (英语四级单词)
• malaria [mə´leəriə] n.疟疾 (英语六级单词)