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Re:Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021 by vanattab on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @05:22PM (#28936830)
Why is a tic biting a human and transferring Borreliosis not considered zoonotic?
Re:Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021 by littlestymaar on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:54AM (#28942010)
My understanding is that if the tick was only a vector between two humans (for instance, malaria isn't a zoonosis, because the mosquito is just transmitting the disease between humans), then it would not be a zoonosis. But in most cases with Lyme disease, the tick is actually transmitting the disease from another animal to a human, therefore it is indeed a zoonosis.[1]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease#Transmission

Re:Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021 by lostlogin on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @06:53PM (#28937873)
According to everyone favourite source, Lyme disease is zoonotic.

I had never heard the term until today, so take the claim with a pinch.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoonosis

Re:Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021 by hoseja on Thursday October 21, 2021 @03:18AM (#28941382)
I agree, Lyme disease definitely isn't primarily human.