At first glance, socks are damp and smell are not helpful and tend to be shunned human. However, based on research Fredros Okumu, researchers from the Ifakara Health Institute of Tanzania, the smell of socks, both natural and artificial, are used to prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases caused by mosquitoes, malaria is one of them.
As reported by LiveScience, July 13, the scent smells like rotten socks to attract mosquitoes and pointed it at the trap. Thus, the mosquito is no longer dangerous to roam indoors.
In addition to the Anopheles mosquito, trap the smell of socks can also be used to catch spiders.
In developing countries, including Indonesia, malaria mosquitoes is still a deadly scourge that killed millions of citizens.
