A systematic review and meta-analysis on herpes zoster and the risk of cardiac and cerebrovascular events

• Nathaniel Erskine,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Hoang Tran,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Leonard Levin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Christine Ulbricht,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Joyce Fingeroth,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Catarina Kiefe,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Robert J. Goldberg ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: robert.goldberg@umassmed.edu

  Affiliation Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7705-7740

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• Sonal Singh

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

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