[Taxacom] Deadliest genera to humans

[Kenneth Kinman]

Hi all,
      Which genera are the deadliest to humans?  The internet is full of lists of the "deadliest animals", but most of those kill far fewer humans each year than the genera listed below.  Are there any other genera that kill 200,000 or more people (worldwide) each year?
                                    -----------Ken Kinman

Saccharum, excess sugar intake (over 10,000,000 human deaths per year).
Nicotiana, via tobacco smoke (over 5,000,000 human deaths per year).
Mycobacterium, especially M. tuberculosis (over 1,200,000 human deaths per year).
Lentavirus causing HIV infections (over 770,000 deaths per year).
Plasmodium (Anopheles the vector) causing malaria (over 500,000 deaths per year).
Streptococcus causing pneumonia (about 500,000 deaths per year).
Homo (humans killing over 400,000 humans per year, plus about 800,000 suicides).
Alphainfluenzavirus causing flu (290,000-645,000 humans per year).
Norovirus (200,000 humans per year).
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