For ticks, people and animals are hosts.
In fact, people were often bitten to death a long time ago. The names of ticks are different in different places, and with the living habits of ticks, most of the places where accidents happened are in remote countryside.
There were not so many media in the past and the media was not so efficient now, so it is difficult for you to know these things.
Ticks are called differently in different places, and most of the places where accidents happen are in remote countryside.