The phrase "an increase in the spread of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the growth or expansion of a particular phenomenon, trend, or issue.
Example: "There has been an increase in the spread of misinformation on social media platforms."
Alternatives: "a rise in the dissemination of" or "an escalation in the distribution of".
But one of the most potentially deadly effects has been far less discussed: an increase in the spread of dangerous epidemics and the risk of a global pandemic.
Relative to firms in which unions barely lose elections, firms in which unions barely win elections experience an increase in the spread of the newly originated loans.
The president's "global gag rule" -- the refusal to make funds or supplies available to any organization that advises on abortion-related matters -- has created a situation that actually facilitates an increase in the spread of AIDS because condom donations have been reduced on a vast scale throughout the region.
Darwin was certainly a "Europeanist," who believed that the liberal culture of his time was better than tribal culture, but he thought that those differences were the result of an increase in the spread of social sympathy rather than something inborn or natural only to one race.
If we don't plug the hole in the current Act, we may drive health-seeking behaviour underground, and ultimately contribute to an increase in the spread of infection.
However, there are many factors that make the case for an increase in the spread of infectious diseases.
That has real implications: There's a continuing and troubling increase in the spread of STDs, especially among younger people.
The "laboratory of innovation" politicians often fetishize was actively decreasing the spread of AIDS when, for political gain, Congress chose to increase in the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Throughout France, the public is in an increasing panic about the spread of mad cow disease.
There is a noticeable increase in the spreading rate of the cloud.
