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What are the dangers of rats to humans?

The mouse's harm to human body
Spread all kinds of human and animal diseases, can carry more than 200 kinds of pathogens, which can cause human disease, there are 57 kinds, which are harmful to humans: plague, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, leptospirosis and so on. Plague: borne by rat fleas. There are more than 200 vectors related to plague in the world. More than 10 species in China, such as ground squirrels, gerbils, species etc..
Epidemic hemorrhagic fever: found in more than 20 provinces and cities in China, the fatality rate is as high as 5%~10%, and the average annual incidence of 45 thousand cases in 90s.
Leptospirosis is prevalent in the rice paddy area in South China, and has a high fatality rate. The annual flood season, the Dongting Lake area of Hunan province the positive rate of rodent infected 44%. Harm to agriculture. The FAO report, world agriculture has suffered due to pest damage equivalent to 25 of the poorest countries in gdp. Valued at $17 billion. 20% of the food produced in the world is eaten by rats. China's Farmland Rodent occurrence area of about 30 million hectares, with the loss of rodent food imports equals the number
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