ReviewNutrients2021
Alcohol Use and the Risk of Communicable Diseases.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A review of the relationship between dimensions of alcohol consumption and the burden of disease: 2026 update including Mendelian randomisation studies.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of an educational program based on self-regulation theory on reducing alcohol consumption among adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Costs of a Brief Alcohol Consumption Reduction Intervention for Persons Living with HIV in Southwestern Uganda: Comparisons of Live Versus Automated Cell Phone-Based Booster Components.AIDS and behavior · 2023Trial
- Alcoholics anonymous and recovery in Türkiye: A qualitative study in the context of Social Identity Theory.The British journal of social psychology · 2026Article
- Alcohol consumption and the risk of coronavirus disease 2019: A prospective cohort study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Incretin-Based Therapies: A Novel Pathway in Addiction Treatment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Health literacy and risk behaviours related to sexually transmitted infections among Portuguese university students: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Longitudinal predictors of alcohol use and problems during the COVID-19 pandemic in an at-risk veteran sample.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Observational
- Modeling and dynamical analysis of the impact of alcohol consumption on tuberculosis transmission with optimal control strategies.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Predictors of alcohol use disorder in patients with hypertension: a national registry-based cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Anal Human Papillomavirus in the HPV Infection in Men Study.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- The causal relationship between smoking, alcohol consumption, and sepsis: A 2-sample mendelian randomized study.Medicine · 2025Article
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- Risk factors for silicotuberculosis among miners: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Epidemiology of Yellow Fever in Nigeria: Analysis of Climatic, Ecological, Socio-Demographic, and Clinical Factors Associated with Viral Positivity Among Suspected Cases Using National Surveillance Data, 2017-2023.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Article
- The influence of parents' history of alcohol use on their university-going children's drinking habits: A comparative study of students' drinking habits.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2025Article
- Short-term heavy drinking in a non-human primate model skews monocytes toward a hypo-inflammatory phenotype.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Severe mental illness and infectious disease mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Therapeutic Potential ofJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Patient and provider perceptions of the relationship between alcohol use and TB and readiness for treatment: a qualitative study in South Africa.BMC public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
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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