Please choose one of the following categories for your abstract. The categories overlap – choose the one that you think fits best. 

​Categories preceded by the letter "S" map to one of the PLENARY SESSIONS OR themed symposia of the Meeting. If you choose one of these categories your abstract MAY be considered for oral presentation at the relevant symposium. 

​1.        S – PATHOPHYSIOLOGY/GENETICS OF HOST RESPONSE TO INFECTION INCLUDING SINGLE GENE and GENOME WIDE STUDIES

2.        S - SEVERE/INVASIVE BACTERIAL AND VIRAL INFECTIONS

3.        S - MUCOSAL/NON-INVASIVE BACTERIAL AND VIRAL INFECTIONS

4.        S - DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES

5.        S-UPPER AND LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS

6.        CONGENITAL AND PERINATAL INFECTIONS

7.        FUNGAL INFECTIONS

8.        TUBERCULOSIS AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS

9.        S - HIV/AIDS

10.    TROPICAL DISEASES, TRAVEL MEDICINE AND PARASITIC INFECTIONS

11.    HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED AND SURGICAL INFECTIONS

12.    ZOONOSES, VECTOR-BORNE AND EMERGING INFECTIONS

13.    EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH 

14.    S - VACCINE IMMUNOGENICITY, EFFICACY, EFFECTIVENESS

15.    S – VACCINE SAFETY

16.    S - EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELLING FOR IMMUNISATION

17.    S - VACCINE PROGRAMMES, HESITANCY, COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA

18.    S - HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS – INFECTIOUS DISEASES PATHOGENESIS

19.    INFECTIONS IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED AND TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

20.    INFECTION CONTROL

21.    S - CLINICAL USE OF ANTIMICROBIALS FOR TREATMENT

22.    S - ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AND ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP

23.    S - PHAR​MACOKINETICS AND PHARMACODYNAMICS OF ANTIMICROBIALS

24.    CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS

25.    S - INFECTION RELATED NUTRITION

26.    OTHER