Bill Gates: the mosquito is the number one killer of mankind-Bill Gates, the mosquitoes, dysentery, humanity-IT news Bill Gates: the mosquito is the number one killer of human

United States Microsoft Corporation founder Bill Gates recently on its Web site lists the 15 most deadly animals and their number killed, mosquitoes are the number one killer of mankind and humanity itself by killing each other should occupy the second place of the list, with freshwater snails every year, about 10,000 people were killed. In contrast, shark, lion claws dangerous predators, killing people is much less than the number of mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes are the main way to transmit malaria, more than 700,000 people a year died after mosquito bites, bites back with malaria deaths account for about 600,000 people, as many as 100 people in countries affected by this, each year amounting to 1 billion dollars in economic losses. Gates set up a charitable foundation, is committed to the eradication of malaria.

Humanity itself came after the mosquitoes, humans wage war and kill each other, has resulted in more than more than 470,000 people were killed each year. Most deadly animals are human deaths due to the disease. Dogs spread rabies, estimated more than 20,000 deaths every year; rampage in tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiasis in Africa (also known as sleeping sickness), every year 10,000 people died, even less prepossessing freshwater snails, also have 10,000 people a year die because of them, the spread of schistosomiasis.

In contrast, weekday makes people weak spot sharks, only about 10 deaths per year under its jaws. Other predators such as lions, about 100 people killed each year; alligator is about to kill 1000 people per year.

比尔盖茨：蚊子是人类头号杀手 - 比尔盖茨,蚊子,痢疾,人类 - IT资讯
比尔盖茨：蚊子是人类头号杀手

美国微软公司始创人比尔·盖茨，最近在其网站上列出了15种最致命动物和它们每年的杀人数目，蚊子是人类的第一号杀手，而人类本身因自相残杀竟然占据了名单的第二位，连淡水螺每年也令约一万人丧命。相反，鲨鱼、狮子这些张牙舞爪的危险猎食动物，杀人数目却远远不及蚊子。

蚊子是传播疟疾的主要途径，每年有70多万人被蚊子叮咬后死亡，当中被叮后患上疟疾致死的就占了约60万人，多达100个国家的人民受此影响，造成每年数以十亿计美元的经济损失。盖茨夫妇成立的慈善基金会，正致力消灭疟疾。

排在蚊子后的是人类本身，人类发动战争及互相杀戮，每年便导致约47万多人丧命。大部分致命动物都是因传播疾病而使人类死亡。狗只传播疯狗症，每年导致约2万多人死亡；横行于非洲的舌蝇因传播锥虫病（又称昏睡病）每年亦使一万人丧命；就连不甚起眼的淡水螺，每年也有一万人因牠们所传播的血吸虫病而死。

相较之下，平日使人闻之色变的鲨鱼，每年只有约10人死在其血盆大口下。其他猎食动物例如狮子，每年约杀100人；鳄鱼每年则约杀1000人。