The deadline for submission of abstracts for oral presentation is September 15, 2008.  Abstracts submitted after this date will be considered for poster presentation until October 10, 2008, or until the capacity of the venue is reached.

To ensure that your abstract retains any special characters or formatting, the abstract must be in MICROSOFT WORD format.

For Symposium participants who are not seeking financial support, please note that in order for an abstract to be considered for presentation, the presenting author must register before submitting the abstract.  If you are the presenting author of an abstract, indicate on the registration form that you will be submitting an abstract; after you complete your registration, you will then be provided instructions about your abstract, which you may submit either immediately or at a later date. 

For Symposium participants who ARE seeking financial support, follow the abstract guidelines listed below and submit the required application materials as described on the Participation Support page (note: do NOT register online at the usual Symposium registration page). 

If you have submitted your abstract by September 15, 2008, notification of the acceptance of your abstract will be sent by September 26, 2008, whereas notification of the format of your accepted abstract (oral or poster presentation) will be sent by October 10, 2008.  Guidelines for preparing your oral or poster presentation will be sent with the format notification.  Note that correspondence regarding the acceptance or status of the abstract will only be sent to the presenting author. 

All of the accepted abstracts (oral and poster) will be posted on this website after the meeting begins.

Abstract Guidelines

To view a sample abstract, click here.  The sample is an Adobe Acrobat document.  If your computer cannot read this document, click here to download Adobe's free Acrobat Reader.

Please adhere to the following guidelines when preparing your abstract:

	Abstracts must be submitted as a Microsoft Word file and named by the presenter's last name_initials (e.g., waheed_aa.doc)
	Abstracts must be typed in English, using single-line spacing, 1-inch margins, and Arial font at a size of 11 points.
	In the abstract title, the first letter of every word should be capitalized (except for prepositions, articles, and species names).
	If the authors do not have the same affiliation, superscript 1, 2, 3, etc. should be placed after the authors' names to indicate the different affiliations.
	The presenting author's name should be underlined.
	The text of the abstract should not exceed 350 words.
	Acknowledgements may be listed at the end of the abstract.
	Tables and figures may NOT be used.
	If necessary, abstracts will be edited for inclusion in the program book.

Additional Abstract Information

When you submit your abstract, you must indicate your preferred form of abstract presentation (oral or poster), presenting author's contact information, and one of the following topical categories for purposes of review and programming:

	Biology of Viral Infection
	Viral Entry
	Nucleic Acid Replication
	Novel Antiviral Strategies
	Assembly, Release, and Processing

The Organizing Committee reserves the right to reassign your abstract to a more appropriate category.