Incident Tuberculosis Infection is Associated with Alcohol use in Adults in Rural Uganda

Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Jun 2:ciae304. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae304. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

Data on alcohol use and incident Tuberculosis (TB) infection are needed. In adults aged 15+ in rural Uganda (N=49,585), estimated risk of incident TB infection was 29.2% with alcohol use vs. 19.2% without (RR: 1.49; 95%CI: 1.40-1.60). There is potential for interventions to interrupt transmission among people who drink alcohol.

Keywords: Causal Roadmap; TB infection; TB transmission; TMLE; Tuberculosis; alcohol; missing data; substance use.