Abstract Categories
Abstracts may be accepted into one of three categories:
Oral Presentation – Highest scoring abstracts will be selected for oral presentations.
The presenting author will be required to make a 7-minute PowerPoint presentation that concisely summarizes the research question, methods used, the results, and their significance.
Abstracts accepted for oral presentation will be published as an online supplement to the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Poster Presentation – The presenting author will be obliged to present the poster during the moderated poster session in Cape Town to which it has been assigned.
The highest-scoring abstracts accepted for poster presentation will be published as an online supplement to the International Journal of Infectious Diseases (IJID).
Consider the following information according to your type of submission:
a) Research Abstracts
It is recommended that research abstracts follow the format below:
Background/Introduction: A statement of the hypothesis or research question.
Methods & Materials: An explanation of the study design and experimental method and materials used.
Results: A concise summary of the major findings of the experiment or study. Sufficient data must be provided to permit evaluation by the
reviewers and public reading of the abstract. Statements such as “additional information to be presented at the meeting” are not acceptable.
Discussion: where you comment on the results of the study, make comparisons with other studies, discuss whether more research is needed or make recommendations that could be applied in practice.
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Conclusion: Summary of the overall findings and the importance of the study.
- Abstracts that represent the presentation of investigations of compounds that involve inadequate numbers of study subjects, in vitro studies of non-representative microbiologic strains, or abstracts that lack quantitative or qualitative data will not be accepted.
- Authors are discouraged from submitting multiple abstracts from the same project.
- Each abstract will be judged on its own merits without reference to other submissions.
- Repetitive abstracts will be rejected.
- There is a limit of 5 abstracts you can submit. However, an author may present no more than two abstracts. If more than two submissions are accepted from an author, one of his/her co-authors must present any additional abstracts.
- The presenter of any accepted abstract must be one of the co-authors listed on the original submission.
- Please note that authors may not submit the same research; abstracts containing identical or nearly identical data from the same institution and/or individuals will be rejected.
b) Clinical Case Reports
A Case Report is a brief description of a particular condition that is unusual and also provides new insights into diagnosis or clinical management.
A Case report must make a distinct, novel contribution to the understanding of the etiologic agent, its clinical manifestations, and/or its diagnosis or treatment.
It is recommended that clinical case reports follow the format below:
Background: A statement on the particular condition that is unusual.
Case Description: A description of key features of the case. Sufficient data must be provided to permit evaluation by the reviewers and public reading of the abstract.
Discussion: A concise discussion of the distinct, novel contribution of the case to the understanding of the disease, its clinical manifestations, and/or its diagnosis or treatment.
Conclusion: Summary of the overall findings and the importance of the case report.
Case reports must be authentic, understandable, educational, and clinically interesting to an international audience of healthcare professionals, researchers, and others in all infectious diseases subspecialties. Each case report will be judged on its own merits without reference to other submissions. Repetitive case reports will be rejected.
