Strange: Poisonous mosquitoes addicted to rotten foot odor

Scientists have discovered that mosquitoes carrying malaria are often attracted by . rotten foot odor.

People with rotten legs are more likely to get malaria from infected mosquitoes.

Experiments carried out in the laboratory showed that malaria-carrying mosquitoes were three times more excited with the smell of dirty socks than those of non-pathogenic mosquitoes.

'Foot smelling finally works,' said Dr. James Lgan, who led the study at the School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London.

This discovery opens up the ability to create a trap, dedicated to catching mosquitoes carrying malaria. This method reduces the number of insecticide-resistant mosquitoes.

"The only way for mosquitoes to increase resistance is that they are less" attracted "to human smells ," said Andrew Read, professor of biology and entomology at the University of Pennsylvania.

It is important to create the smell of human feet, because mosquitoes can recognize fake odors (Scientists have tried some cheeses that smell quite like human foot, but mosquitoes have discovered).