1. General Policies

We encourage you to submit your abstract electronically through our electronic abstract submission system.
1. All abstracts must be received on or before February 15, 2006.
   Abstracts received after this deadline will not be accepted for inclusion in the Congress.
2. All abstracts have a 300 word limit of text (not including presenter information and title).
3. Authors are requested to be certain that their abstracts meet the criteria and guidelines below. Once the abstract deadline has passed, all accepted abstracts will be published in the official Program and Abstract Book as is. Acceptance of the abstract in the program and assignment to a session are determined solely by the Program Committee based on a review of the abstract and its subject matter. Decisions of the Program Committee are final. Because of the logistics of assigning abstracts to sessions and the number of abstracts received, requests for particular sessions, days, or times will not be considered by the Program Committee.
4. The ICID Program Committee invites the submission of research abstracts of excellent quality in all areas related to infectious diseases. Authors with original research are encouraged to submit abstracts related to bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral infections, the pathogenesis of infectious diseases, antimicrobial agents, and related fields of investigation. All abstracts are reviewed by subcommittees of the 12th ICID Program Committee for the quality and originality of their research, scientific content, and presentation.

Abstracts may be accepted into one of three categories:
1. Abstracts accepted for oral presentation at the ICID will be published as a supplement to the International Journal of Infectious Diseases (IJID) and distributed to congress participants on site.
2. Abstracts accepted for poster presentation at the ICID will also be published as a supplement to the International Journal of Infectious Diseases (IJID) and distributed to congress participants on site.
3. Abstracts accepted into the International Scientific Exchange category. These abstracts will be printed in the Scientific Exchange Abstract Book only and will not be presented as posters.

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5. As part of the ongoing educational mission of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, the Program Committee encourages investigators from low–resource countries who have not previously submitted abstracts to international meetings to submit their original research. To assist such investigators the Program Committee has outlined the following guidelines for developing an abstract:
   1. Abstracts must be based on original results that have not or will not be published or presented before the 12th ICID begins on June 15, 2006.
   2. It is recommended that abstracts follow a format similar to that used at other international meetings and in journals. An acceptable structure for an abstract includes:
   • Background: A statement of the hypothesis or research question.
   • Methods: An explanation of the study design and experimental methods 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 the abstracts. Statements such as "additional information to be presented at the meeting" are not acceptable.
   • Conclusion: Summary of the overall findings and the importance of the study.
   Abstracts that represent the presentation of single clinical cases of previously reported diseases, investigations of compounds that involve inadequate numbers of study subjects, or in vitro studies of nonrepresentative microbiologic strains, or abstracts that lack quantitative data will not be accepted.
6. All abstracts must be submitted in ENGLISH. The Program Committee recognizes that a number of abstracts will be from individuals for whom English is not a primary language. Though the focus of the review by the Program Committee will be the science, the Committee recommends that individuals who need assistance in writing in English have their abstracts reviewed before submission to the Congress.
7. Abstracts should be submitted through the electronic abstract submission system. Abstracts will not be accepted by fax, by e-mail, or on computer disks.
8. All abstracts will be reviewed by the Program Committee, and a notice of acceptance or rejection will be sent. Session assignments will be mailed by April 1, 2006 to the address given for correspondence. Once scheduled, presentations cannot be moved in the program. Authors are encouraged to submit their abstracts as early as possible.
9. By submitting an abstract the author(s) agree to allow publication of information on the ISID web site and in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases (IJID) or the Scientific Exchange Abstract Book, which will be distributed to all participants.
10. Instructions will be sent to the authors whose abstracts are accepted for oral or poster presentation. For each abstract accepted for presentation, at least one author must attend the Congress and present the poster.
11. Payment of the Congress registration fee should accompany the abstract. If your abstract is not accepted or you are unable to attend, a refund will be made in conformity with the provisions of the Congress refund policy. If the registration fee of the presenting author is not received by May 8, 2006, the abstract will not be published.
    
    Authors who do not attend the session for which they have been scheduled will be ineligible to submit an abstract for the next ICID.

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2. Electronic Submission
   To ensure rapid evaluation and processing of abstracts, the organizers encourage the electronic submission of abstracts. Abstracts can be easily submitted via the electronic abstract submisison system. From the ISID web site, you can fill out the abstract form directly or insert your computerized text. Detailed information and assistance on electronic submission are given when you visit this site.
   
   Should you require further explanation, send an e-mail to info@isid.org or call ISID at (617) 277–0551. Please do not submit the same abstract more than once. If you do not have access to the web and wish to submit an abstract, please contact the International Society for Infectious Diseases. If you do not have access to the electronic submission system, please contact the Society for further instructions.

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