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