Zizindikiro zimadalira mawonekedwe a leishmaniasis. Nthawi zambiri, kulumako sikudziwika.

• Cutaneous leishmaniasis : mawonekedwe a cutaneous amawonetseredwa ndi papules imodzi kapena zingapo zosapweteka zofiira (mabatani ang'onoang'ono otuluka), ophatikizidwa pakhungu, ndiye zilonda zam'mimba, kenako ndikuphimba ndi kutumphuka, kumapereka njira pambuyo pa miyezi ya chisinthiko ku chilonda chosatha. Ngati nkhope ndiyo yoyamba kukhudzidwa (motero dzina lakuti "Phunzira Kum'mawa"), mawonekedwe a khungu amatha kukhudzanso mbali zina zonse za khungu zomwe zapezeka.
• Visceral leishmaniasis : ngati mawonekedwe a cutaneous ndi osavuta kudziwika, si nthawi zonse mofanana ndi mawonekedwe a visceral omwe sangawonekere. Zomwe zimatchedwa "asymptomatic" zonyamulira (popanda chizindikiro chilichonse chowoneka) zimakhala pafupipafupi. Zikaonekera, mawonekedwe a visceral amawonekera poyamba ndi malungo a 37,8-38,5 kwa milungu iwiri kapena itatu, ndi kuwonongeka kwa chikhalidwe, pallor, kuwonda ndi kutopa, kutentha thupi, kupuma movutikira. (kuchokera kusowa kwa maselo ofiira a magazi), kusokonezeka kwa khalidwe, nseru ndi kusanza, kutsekula m'mimba, komanso kuwonjezeka kwa kukula kwa chiwindi (hepatomegaly) ndi ndulu (splenomegaly), motero dzina lakuti visceral leishmaniasis. Palpation mosamala imapeza ma lymph nodes (lymphadenopathy). Potsirizira pake, khungu likhoza kutenga maonekedwe a imvi, choncho dzina lakuti "kala-azar" lomwe limatanthauza "imfa yakuda" mu Sanskrit.
• Mucosal leishmaniasis : leishmaniasis imawonetseredwa ndi zotupa za m'mphuno ndi m'kamwa (zotupa zolowetsedwa, kuphulika kwa septum yamphuno, ndi zina zotero), zowononga pang'onopang'ono ndi chiopsezo ku moyo popanda chithandizo.