| HAART | Highly active antiretroviral therapy |
| HSV | Herpes simplex virus |
| HZI | Herpes Zoster infection |
| IOMA | Integrative omics-metabolic analysis |
| ONJ | Osteonecrosis of the jaw |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PROSPERO | The International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews |
| RHS | Ramsey Hunt Syndrome |
| VZV | Varicella zoster virus |