Lyme disease is infectious and spread from bacteria carried by some ticks.
Borrelia . It causes borreliosis , a zoonotic , vector-borne disease transmitted primarily by ticks and by lice , depending on the species . Lyme disease , also known as Lyme borreliosis , is an infectious disease caused by bacteria of the Borrelia type . Lyme disease is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected ticks of the Ixodes genus .