A senior BBC producer says he was afflicted by a flesh-eating bug while on a visit to Guyana.
The UK Mirror yesterday reported that Jonny Young, 39, was bitten on the arm by a fly which transmits the carnivorous parasite.
The report said that three months after the bite the area grew into a deep sore which doctors diagnosed as leishmaniasis. Young has been treated with drugs and put on a drip. The BBC programe Young participated in is due to be aired today.
