Once Matt reached the hospital in Lima, he quickly recovered. He was treated for an abscess on the brain and is now back in the UK.
Read Matt's account of what happened.
Zubin, sound recordist with the Amazon team, is one of Matt's best friends. Read his blog about the traumatic time the team had dealing with Matt's evacuation and illness.
Series producer Steve Robinson flew out to Peru to take over from Matt. Read his blog about resuming production.
Matt returned to the Amazon in March 2008 having recovered from his illness. Read his blog about rejoining the team.
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