Talk:List of diseases spread by arthropods

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There is no mention of Australia within this table. See http://www.tickalert.org.au/ for more info

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Naming the title scientifically..... Such as "List of vector-born diseases". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.82.224.79 (talk • contribs) 03:18, 2 August 2007

I agree. This article is currently called List of diseases caused by insects, which is unsatisfactory:

The vectors discussed are not all insects: ticks feature prominently; these are arachnids, not insects. We need to say "invertebrates" or perhaps "arthropods".
This is not a list of diseases caused by invertebrates, but those for which invertebrates are vectors (see Vector (epidemiology)). We need to say this in the title.
We do need to keep "List of" as per the MOS.

Any suggestions? In addition to List of vector-borne diseases suggested above, here are a couple: List of diseases spread by invertebrates; List of invertebrate-borne diseases. Richard New Forest (talk) 21:35, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How about List of vector-borne infectious diseases? ---kilbad (talk) 20:22, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This issue seems to have died 6 years ago, with no action. I'm going to change it to "List of diseases spread by insects" if no one objects. List of vector-borne diseases would be more scientific but there's already Mosquito-borne disease, and this title might be more user-friendly. juanTamad (talk) 02:50, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Potentially merge with "List of Insect-borne diseases"

I understand this page is arthropods but it is missing some of the diseases from List of insect-borne diseases. This page also has more detail (host, symptoms, area, treatment) than the insect-borne page for each disease. If others agree I could copy any diseases from the insect-borne disease page to this one and then delete that page. May need some help on filling in the details though (host, symptoms, area, treatment). Mthoma15 (talk) 17:51, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]