Word: hugheses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hughes says he developed both conditions in Tunisia, where he questioned the purity of even the bottled water he bought.
"There's no reason to think the vendors wouldn't just fill the bottles with tap water," Hughes says. "They just want to turn a profit."
It turned out that Hughes had contracted a parasite that was severely affecting his health. In addition, he came down with a painful urinary tract infection.
During the summer of '98, Hughes worked as a writer for Let's Go travel guides, a line of publications that sends Harvard students to various locales and pays them to record their experiences.
Although he too took all the recommended shots and vaccines, about four weeks into his six-week trip, Hughes had lost 15 pounds and was feeling ill.