Can we engage the alcohol industry to help combat sexually transmitted disease?

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The meta-analysis by Baliunas et al. (2009) is the latest review article to summarize and quantify a growing body of scientific evidence implicating alcohol use as a significant risk factor for HIV and other sexually transmitted disease (STD) infections. Previously published meta-analyses and comprehensive literature reviews have shown alcohol consumption is related to increased prevalence of HIV infection in Africa (Fisher et al. 2007), to other STD infections (Cook and Clark 2005) and to HIV and STD risk factors and sexual risk taking (Kalichman et al. 2007). The Baliunas et al. (2009) study is perhaps the most persuasive study of this sort since it looks at alcohol use and incident HIV infection. …