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Alcohol Use and the Risk of Communicable Diseases
The body of knowledge on alcohol use and communicable diseases has been growing in recent years. Using a narrative review approach, this paper discusses alcohol’s role in the acquisition of and treatment outcomes from four different communicable diseases: these include three conditions included in c...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8540096/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34684318 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13103317 |
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author | Morojele, Neo K. Shenoi, Sheela V. Shuper, Paul A. Braithwaite, Ronald Scott Rehm, Jürgen |
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description | The body of knowledge on alcohol use and communicable diseases has been growing in recent years. Using a narrative review approach, this paper discusses alcohol’s role in the acquisition of and treatment outcomes from four different communicable diseases: these include three conditions included in comparative risk assessments to date—Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and lower respiratory infections/pneumonia—as well as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) because of its recent and rapid ascension as a global health concern. Alcohol-attributable TB, HIV, and pneumonia combined were responsible for approximately 360,000 deaths and 13 million disability-adjusted life years lost (DALYs) in 2016, with alcohol-attributable TB deaths and DALYs predominating. There is strong evidence that alcohol is associated with increased incidence of and poorer treatment outcomes from HIV, TB, and pneumonia, via both behavioral and biological mechanisms. Preliminary studies suggest that heavy drinkers and those with alcohol use disorders are at increased risk of COVID-19 infection and severe illness. Aside from HIV research, limited research exists that can guide interventions for addressing alcohol-attributable TB and pneumonia or COVID-19. Implementation of effective individual-level interventions and alcohol control policies as a means of reducing the burden of communicable diseases is recommended. |
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spelling | pubmed-85400962021-10-24 Alcohol Use and the Risk of Communicable Diseases Morojele, Neo K. Shenoi, Sheela V. Shuper, Paul A. Braithwaite, Ronald Scott Rehm, Jürgen Nutrients Review The body of knowledge on alcohol use and communicable diseases has been growing in recent years. Using a narrative review approach, this paper discusses alcohol’s role in the acquisition of and treatment outcomes from four different communicable diseases: these include three conditions included in comparative risk assessments to date—Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and lower respiratory infections/pneumonia—as well as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) because of its recent and rapid ascension as a global health concern. Alcohol-attributable TB, HIV, and pneumonia combined were responsible for approximately 360,000 deaths and 13 million disability-adjusted life years lost (DALYs) in 2016, with alcohol-attributable TB deaths and DALYs predominating. There is strong evidence that alcohol is associated with increased incidence of and poorer treatment outcomes from HIV, TB, and pneumonia, via both behavioral and biological mechanisms. Preliminary studies suggest that heavy drinkers and those with alcohol use disorders are at increased risk of COVID-19 infection and severe illness. Aside from HIV research, limited research exists that can guide interventions for addressing alcohol-attributable TB and pneumonia or COVID-19. Implementation of effective individual-level interventions and alcohol control policies as a means of reducing the burden of communicable diseases is recommended. MDPI 2021-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8540096/ /pubmed/34684318 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13103317 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Morojele, Neo K. Shenoi, Sheela V. Shuper, Paul A. Braithwaite, Ronald Scott Rehm, Jürgen Alcohol Use and the Risk of Communicable Diseases |
title | Alcohol Use and the Risk of Communicable Diseases |
title_full | Alcohol Use and the Risk of Communicable Diseases |
title_fullStr | Alcohol Use and the Risk of Communicable Diseases |
title_full_unstemmed | Alcohol Use and the Risk of Communicable Diseases |
title_short | Alcohol Use and the Risk of Communicable Diseases |
title_sort | alcohol use and the risk of communicable diseases |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8540096/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34684318 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13103317 |
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