The mammalian salivaria causes African sleeping sickness in human and trypanosomiasis in domestic animals and the study of the protozoon occupies an important place in human medicine and veterinary medicine.

• 哺乳动物的唾传锥虫 (Salivaria ,又译涎传锥虫 )是人类非洲锥虫病和家畜锥虫病的病原 ,在医学和兽医学上占有重要地位。