What is Limburger cheese?
[[Image:Cheese 27 bg 051806.jpg|thumb|right|Limburger cheese]] '''Limburger cheese''' is a [[cheese]] made from [[cow]]s' [[milk]]. Its name comes from the [[Duchy of Limburg]], which is divided between [[Holland]], [[Belgium]] and [[Germany]] today. Limburger cheese is known for its strong [[Odor|smell]], which is caused by the [[bacterium]] that lives in its [[rind]]. Since about the mid nineteenth century, most Limburger is produced in Germany. In 2006 a study showing that the malaria [[mosquito]] (''Anopheles gambiae'') is attracted equally to the smell of Limburger and to the smell of human feet<ref>{{cite journal |author=Knols BG |title=On human odour, malaria mosquitoes, and Limburger |journal=Lancet |volume=348 |issue=9037 |pages=1322 |date=November 1996 |pmid=8909415 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(05)65812-6 |s2cid=12571262 |url=}}</ref> earned the [[Ig Nobel Prize]] in the area of biology. This Cheese has now been placed in strategic locations in Africa to fight against [[malaria]], which is spread by mosquitoes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ig Nobel Prize list of past winners |url=http://improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2006 |access-date=2009-11-19 |archive-date=2009-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830181439/http://improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commonscat|Limburger cheese}} {{food-stub}} [[Category:Belgian food]] [[Category:Dutch cheeses]] [[Category:Liège (province)]] [[Category:Limburg (Belgium)]] [[Category:Limburg (Netherlands)]]