世界上最致命的动物 第一名居然不是人类

10. Tapeworms: 700 deaths a year
绦虫：每年杀死700个人

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Moving to parasites, the tapeworm is responsible for an infection called cysticerosis that kills an estimated 700 people a year.
作为寄生虫，绦虫会让人们感染上脑囊虫病，据估算每年导致约700人丧生。

9. Crocodiles: 1,000 deaths a year
鳄鱼：每年杀死1000个人

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Crocodiles are now considered the large animal responsible for the most human deaths in Africa, according to the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, though concrete numbers are tricky to gather.
据联合国粮食及农业组织，鳄鱼现在是在非洲导致最多人死亡的大型动物，不过具体数据难以收集到。

8. Ascaris roundworms: 4,500 deaths a year
蛔虫：每年杀死4500个人

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The Ascaris roundworm leads to an infection called aschariasis that kills an estimated 4,500 people a year, according to a 2013 study.
根据2013年的一项研究，蛔虫会让人感染蛔虫病，每年导致约4500人丧生。

The WHO notes that the infection takes place in people's small intestine, and it's a disease that affects more children than adults.
世界卫生组织指出，感染发生在人的小肠部位，这种病多发于儿童。

7. Tsetse flies: 10,000 deaths a year
采采蝇：每年杀死1万人

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The tsetse fly transmits a disease called sleeping sickness, a parasitic infection that at first can lead to headaches, fever, joint pain, and itchiness, but later can lead to some serious neurological problems. The number of deaths has been decreasing.
采采蝇会传播一种名为昏睡症的疾病，这种寄生虫感染病一开始会引发头痛、发烧、关节痛和瘙痒，但过后会导致严重的神经问题。因这种病而丧生的人数近年来有所下降。

With about 10,000 new cases now reported each year, the estimated number of annual deaths is likely on the decline as well.
现在每年报告的采采蝇致死事件约为1万例，这一数字可能也在下降。

6. Assassin bugs: 12,000 deaths a year
猎蝽：每年杀死1.2万人

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The assassin bug, also called the kissing bug, is responsible for carrying Chagas disease, which kills about 12,000 people a year on average.
猎蝽携带查加斯病毒，平均每年导致1.2万人丧生。猎蝽又名“吻猎蝽”。

Chagas disease is a parasitic infection passed by the bug, which got its nickname by biting people on the face.
查加斯病是猎蝽传播的一种寄生虫感染病，猎蝽因爱叮咬人脸而得到“吻猎蝽”的绰号。