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infestation only or include transmitted/vectored diseases[edit]
This template appears to mostly be about arthropod infestations, i.e. the arthropod is present, causing disease. Although the name is "Arthropod infestations" the title is "Diseases from arthropods and ectoparasitics [sic]" which is a little more ambiguous I think. This could include diseases where the arthropod is simply a vector and the disease persists even when the arthropod is gone. This is the case for most of the mosquito-borne diseases which are linked. Should we remove that link? Or do we truly want this to include all diseases, in which case we would need to make a lot of additions, for example diseases where sandflies, tsetse flies, kissing bugs, ticks, mites, etc are the vector. There is already a separate template for diseases transmitted by ticks and mites, Template:Acari-borne diseases. I am considering making a new template for diseases where insects are the vector, in the same style as the Acari one. Mthoma15 (talk) 03:48, 1 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
