They eventually succumbed to hunting and disease spread by domestic cattle.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It's an airborne disease spread by coughing, sneezing and spitting.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The elm is to return to the English landscape three decades after millions of trees were killed by a fungal disease spread by beetles.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The disease spread from rats to humans by flea bites.
The Sun (2014)