Evolution of Infectious Disease infectious disease can be induced by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. Several examples of infectious diseases are as follows: tuberculosis, chickenpox, mumps, meningitis, measles, and malaria. Infectious diseases can be obtained through many routes of transmission such as inhalation, open wounds, sores, ingestion, sexual intercourse, and insect bites. Author, Paul Ewald used his book to expound upon infectious diseases in humans and animals, explain various routes of transmission as well as epidemiology as a whole. Epidemiology is defined as the study of the onset, distribution, and control of diseases. Evolutionary epidemiology focuses on the distribution of infectious diseases whereas Darwinian
Aleutian disease from other ferrets. All items that may have come into contact with the infected ferret should be cleaned with a 10% bleach solution. This is a growing concern within mink producers as it is the most crucial infectious disease which affects farmed mink worldwide. Aleutian disease Aleutian disease, also known as mink plasmacytosis, is a disease which causes spontaneous abortion and death in minks and ferrets. It is caused by "Carnivore amdoparvovirus 1" (also known as "Aleution disease virus", ADV), a highly contagious parvovirus in the genus "Amdoparvovirus". The virus has been found as a natural infection in the "Mustelidae"