Undernutrition and Tuberculosis: Public Health Implications
Abstract Almost 800 million people are chronically undernourished worldwide, of whom 98% are in low- and middle-income countries where tuberculosis is endemic. In many tuberculosis-endemic countries, undernutrition is a driver of tuberculosis incidence and associated with a high population attributa...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of infectious diseases 2019-04, Vol.219 (9), p.1356-1363 |
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Almost 800 million people are chronically undernourished worldwide, of whom 98% are in low- and middle-income countries where tuberculosis is endemic. In many tuberculosis-endemic countries, undernutrition is a driver of tuberculosis incidence and associated with a high population attributable fraction of tuberculosis and poor treatment outcomes. Data suggest that undernutrition impairs innate and adaptive immune responses needed to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and may affect responses to live vaccines, such as BCG. Given its impact on tuberculosis, addressing undernutrition will be a vital component of the World Health Organization End TB strategy. This narrative review describes the effect of undernutrition on the immune response, vaccine response, and tuberculosis incidence, severity, and treatment outcomes.
Undernutrition, which affects almost 800 million people worldwide, impairs innate and adaptive immune responses against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. This narrative review describes the effect of undernutrition on the immune response, vaccine response, and tuberculosis incidence, severity, and treatment outcomes. |
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ISSN: | 0022-1899 1537-6613 |
DOI: | 10.1093/infdis/jiy675 |