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Lyme Disease People who go into the woods or who work or play near the bushes can get Lyme disease. With care, this serious disease can be prevented. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted by ticks. The disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterium that infects several species of ticks found in woodlands, brushy areas, and costal grasslands. These ticks also carried on the bodies of certain animal’s especially white-tailed deer and white-footed field mice. People