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