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Scientists say that stinky feet and socks can be added to the list of factors that attract mosquitoes to feed off of human blood. One African scientist is now using that bit of research to help fight malaria in Tanzania by creating traps that give off smelly foot odors, hoping to lure the bloodsuckers that carry the disease to their hosts.

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