Izimpawu zincike kuhlobo lwe-leishmaniasis. Ngokuvamile, ukuluma akunakwa.

• I-leishmaniasis yesikhumba : ifomu le-cutaneous libonakaliswa yi-papules eyodwa noma ngaphezulu ebomvu engenabuhlungu (izinkinobho ezincane eziphumayo), ezifakwe esikhumbeni, bese ziba nezilonda, bese zimboza ngoqweqwe, zinikeze indlela ngemva kwezinyanga zokuziphendukela kwemvelo esibazini esingacimeki. Uma ubuso buqala ukuthinteka (yingakho igama elithi "iqhubu lasempumalanga"), ifomu lesikhumba lingathinta zonke ezinye izindawo zesikhumba ezitholiwe.
• I-Visceral leishmaniasis : uma ifomu le-cutaneous libonakala kalula, alifani ngaso sonke isikhathi nefomu le-visceral elingase lingabonakali. Abathwali ababizwa ngokuthi "asymptomatic" (ngaphandle kwanoma yiluphi uphawu olubonakalayo) ngakho-ke bavame. Lapho izibonakalisa, isimo se-visceral sibonakala kuqala ngomkhuhlane we-37,8-38,5 amasonto amabili kuya kwamathathu, ngokuwohloka kwesimo esijwayelekile, ukuwohloka kwesikhumba, ukuwohloka nokukhathala, imfiva ehlasimulisa umzimba, ubunzima bokuphefumula. (kusukela ekuntulekeni kwamangqamuzana abomvu egazi), ukuphazamiseka komlingiswa, isicanucanu nokuhlanza, isifo sohudo, kanye nokwanda kobukhulu besibindi (i-hepatomegaly) nobende (splenomegaly), yingakho kuthiwa i-visceral leishmaniasis. I-palpation ngokucophelela ithola ama-lymph nodes amancane asabalalisiwe (i-lymphadenopathy). Ekugcineni, isikhumba singathatha ukubukeka okumpunga komhlaba, yingakho igama elithi "kala-azar" elisho "ukufa okumnyama" ngesiSanskrit.
• I-leishmaniasis ye-mucosal : i-leishmaniasis ibonakala ngezilonda zamakhala nezomlomo (izilonda ezingenayo, ukubhobozwa kwe-septum yamakhala, njll.), ngokuqhubekayo okubhubhisa ngengozi yokuphila ngaphandle kokwelashwa.