Hope for cure for tropical flesh-eating disease

A student from Pakistan has made a discovery in Australia that could lead to a cure for a fatal flesh-eating disease. Image: A 13-year-old girl in Mexico City, Mexico, suffering from Leishmaniasis (AAP)

Known as a neglected tropical disease, leishmaniasis [LEESH-man-EYE-a-siss] kills tens of thousands of people a year around the world.