American scientists found that 

the most dangerous animal in the world is a mosquito. 

This is reported by yahoo with reference to the research of American scientists. 

According to az-animals.com, these animals kill between 750,000 and 1 million people each year.

According to scientists, there are

up to 110 trillion mosquitoes on the planet.

There are 16,000 mosquitoes per person on the planet.

Insects can carry such deadly diseases as:

  • malaria,

  • dengue fever,

  • West Nile virus

  • Zika virus

    .

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 435,000 people died from malaria in 2017.

This disease threatens almost half of the world's population, and lymphatic filariasis affects "120 million people in 72 countries

". 

Let us remind you that the WHO compiled a list of priority deadly fungi.

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