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British Man's Flesh-Eating Bug Returns

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(March 26) - A British TV presenter who contracted a flesh-eating disease in Peru last summer is reliving the nightmare now that the disease has returned, London's the Daily Mail reported.
Ben Fogle, 35, who has already endured months of treatment in efforts to zap the leishmaniasis bug, now must undergo more chemotherapy.
The adventurer contracted the disease after being bitten by a sand fly that carried protozoan parasites while he was filming in the Peruvian jungle. He told London's the Telegraph that he fears his setback may be the result of the 500-mile trek to the South Pole he did in December with Olympic rower James Cracknell.
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kg00000004649734

08:57 AMApr 18 2009

*always

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kg00000004649734

08:56 AMApr 18 2009

Wow. It never amazes me to see how freakin dumb Americans can be. Bush ruined America and the popular press told people to vote for Obama so like sheep or a good trained dog, they did.

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JALICEA2001

10:04 PMMar 31 2009

Unfortunately, the travel agents that promote south and central america as a vacation distination fail to mention all of the nasty and sometimes fatal parasites and diseases one can bring back with them

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JimCasford

08:18 PMMar 31 2009

STAYTAL 05:34 PMMar 30 2009 This world is all screwed now . Thanks to George Bush . Thank God for Obama @@@@@@@Man. You are such a ********. Bush spent 576 B on the war, to keep your dingy ass safe. Obama has us 13 T in debt, all in 54 days too! No President in history has run up that kind of debt. This boy is from hell. Enjoy.

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AngelFire1st

07:58 PMMar 30 2009

IMAGINE, YOUR IMAGINE IS FILTHY, AND YOUR MOUTH IS LIKE A POTTY.....PLEASE KIDS LIKE YOU DON'T NEED TO BE ON HERE....

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AngelFire1st

07:55 PMMar 30 2009

MY GOODNESS ONE OF MY GRANDSONS' WENT OVER TO PERU, LAST MAY OR JUNE...I REMEMBER HOW THERE WAS TALK ABOUT IN SOME PARTS, BUT I FORGOT THAT IT WAS THERE....THE ONLY BAD THING , I HAVE HAD WAS SALMONELLA, THAT WAS BACK IN JANUARY, BUT IT WASN'T PEANUT BUTTER....BE CAREFUL OF WHT YOU EAT OR DO...

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BrrwWalk

07:14 PMMar 30 2009

It's not Peru's fault that Fogle went there and was bitten. Those things happen.

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Joshrss96

06:56 PMMar 30 2009

IMAGEMEDGEORGE u r wrong, peru has coffee.

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SndrPopp

06:52 PMMar 30 2009

Racer X690 Guess What, I live in Michigan and cannabis is now legal for medicinal purposes.... it is slow going though, because of all the corporate pigs who want us to keep wasting our money on their over the counter drugs... its all about the bottom line for corporate, always will be... cannabis is easy to grow

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IMAGEMEDGEORGE

06:41 PMMar 30 2009

IT'S TIME WE BLEW PERU OFF THE GODDAMN MAP...NOTHING GOOD EVER CAME FROM THAT HELL HOLE.

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A British TV presenter must undergo more chemotherapy after a tropical flesh-eating disease he contracted in Peru last summer returned, London\'s the Daily Mail reported.