Indian child dies from mother's 'snake bite' breast milk
印度兒童死於被蛇咬後母親的母乳
India accounts for 46,000 of the 100,000 snakebite deaths around the world each year (AFP/ASIT KUMAR)
每年有10萬人被毒蛇咬傷致死，印度佔了46000人（法新社/ASIT KUMAR）
An Indian woman who was bitten by a snake in her sleep and unknowingly breastfed poisoned milk to her daughter has died along with the child, police said Friday.
週五，一名印度婦女在睡夢中被蛇咬傷，不知情地把有毒母乳餵給她的女兒吃，結果導致母女倆雙雙死亡。
The 35-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh state did not realise she had been bitten when she woke and breastfed her daughter.
這名來自北方邦的35歲婦女醒來時沒有意識到自己被咬傷，還用母乳喂女兒。
The three-year-old girl and the mother fell ill on Thursday and both died before they could reach hospital, police inspector Vijay Singh told AFP.
The family spotted the snake in another room but the creature escaped.
她們一家人在另一個房間發現了蛇，但讓蛇逃脫了。
A post-mortem is to be carried out but police have registered a case of accidental death, the officer added.
這名警官補充說，警方會進行驗屍，但已經將其登記為一起意外死亡的案件。
India is home to some 300 snake species and 60 are highly venomous, including the Indian cobra, krait, Russell's viper and saw-scaled viper.
印度大約有300種蛇類，其中60種是劇毒的，包括印度眼鏡蛇、金環蛇、羅素蝰蛇和鋸鱗蝰。
India accounts for 46,000 of the 100,000 snakebite deaths around the world each year, according to a 2011 study by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
根據美國熱帶醫學與衛生學會2011年的一項研究，每年世界上10萬起被蛇咬傷致死的案例中，印度佔了4.6萬。
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