%0 Journal Article %T Potential Benefits, Limitations and Target Product-Profiles of Odor-Baited Mosquito Traps for Malaria Control in Africa %A Fredros O. Okumu %A Nicodem J. Govella %A Sarah J. Moore %A Nakul Chitnis %A Gerry F. Killeen %J PLOS ONE %D 2012 %I Public Library of Science (PLoS) %R 10.1371/journal.pone.0011573 %X Traps baited with synthetic human odors have been proposed as suitable technologies for controlling malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. We investigated the potential benefits of such traps for preventing malaria transmission in Africa and the essential characteristics that they should possess so as to be effective. %U http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0011573