The deadline for abstract submission is July 19, 2026, at 11:59 PM.
Abstract submission must be carried out exclusively by completing all required fields in the submission form available on the event website.
Only abstracts presenting original and unpublished scientific contributions, aligned with the scope of the CBV/EVM, will be considered. Submission of previously disclosed work, review articles, or studies still in the planning stage is not allowed.
In the form, the author must indicate in which category they wish to submit their work:
For submission of regular abstracts (for oral presentation or poster), you must indicate the virology sub-areas to which your work is best suited, by selecting two levels of thematic categories.
THEMED AREAS FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
To ensure that your work is evaluated by appropriate specialists and receives greater visibility, it is essential to place it in the thematic area that best represents its focus, based on the two levels below:
1. Plant and Invertebrate Virology
Studies on viruses infecting plants, insects, arthropods, and other invertebrates, including pathogenesis, transmission, control, ecology, evolution, and agricultural or biotechnological applications.
2. Human Virology
Studies on viral diseases in humans, including clinical aspects, pathogenesis, diagnostics, antiviral therapies, vaccines, epidemiology, and public health.
3. Veterinary Virology
Viruses infecting domestic animals, livestock, or wildlife, including clinical aspects, pathogenesis, diagnostics, antiviral therapies, vaccines, epidemiology, and sanitary and economic impact. (This may include zoonoses when the main focus is the investigation of the virus in vertebrate animal hosts or vectors, without direct emphasis on the integrated interface.)
4. One Health Virology
Studies integrating human, animal, and environmental health, including zoonoses, interspecies transmission, vector dynamics, integrated surveillance, emerging viruses, environmental impacts, and the One Health approach applied to prevention, preparedness, and outbreak response.
5. Environmental Virology
Viruses associated with natural environments, including freshwater, marine environments, soil, and sediments, with an emphasis on ecological, metagenomic, and evolutionary studies.
6. Microbial Virology
Viruses that infect bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists, and other microorganisms, including ecological, metagenomic, and evolutionary studies across different environments.
7. Basic Virology
Studies on molecular mechanisms of viral infection, viral structure and replication, virus–cell interactions, as well as the development or application of innovative methods, regardless of host type.
Note: Studies addressing more than one compartment (human, animal, and/or environmental), or whose main focus is the interface among these systems, should preferably be submitted to the One Health Virology area.
Clinical Virology and Viral Pathogenesis
Clinical studies, disease mechanisms, pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, or case reports involving viral infections in humans, animals, plants, microorganisms, or protists.
Virus–Host Interaction and Immunology
Host immune response, viral evasion, molecular mechanisms of infection, immunopathogenesis, and antiviral immunity.
Viral Structure and Function
Structural characterization of viruses, genomic organization, replication cycle, viral assembly, and the use of advanced techniques such as cryo-electron microscopy and structural biology.
Antivirals, Therapeutic Agents, and Vaccines
Development and evaluation of antiviral drugs, vaccines, antibodies, and innovative therapies, including studies on efficacy and antiviral resistance.
Computational Virology and Modeling
Mathematical and computational modeling, bioinformatics, simulations, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and integration of large datasets applied to virology.
Viral Epidemiology and Public Health
Epidemiological surveillance, transmission dynamics, outbreak investigation, public health impact, control policies, prevention, and mitigation of viral diseases.
Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity
Discovery of new viruses, evolutionary studies, phylogeny, phylogeography, viral diversity, circulation in natural ecosystems, identification of animal, plant, or environmental reservoirs, and ecological interactions.
Science Communication, Education, and Public Policies
Virology education, didactic and supplementary educational materials, science communication, public perception of science, and the social and political impact of virology.
IMPORTANT – Thematic Area and Presentation Format
Tips for preparing an excellent abstract
A good abstract should allow reviewers to clearly understand what was done, how it was done, and why the study is relevant. Vague abstracts, overly descriptive abstracts, or abstracts lacking concrete data tend to receive low scores. Writing quality and clarity directly influence the evaluation, regardless of the importance of the topic.
Before submitting, check whether your abstract meets the following points:
The best works presented in each oral session will be awarded.
The best works presented as posters will receive the “Best Poster Award” in the following categories:
IMPORTANT – Best Poster Award
GUIDELINES FOR POSTER PREPARATION
Tips for preparing a good poster
Portuguese or Spanish.
ATTENTION – Presenting Author
Tips for preparing the presentation
The Hélio Gelli Pereira Award is granted to students and recent graduates with the aim of encouraging human resource training, attracting young students and researchers, and thereby promoting scientific research in Virology. The award seeks to recognize and publicize some of the best studies published, or expected to be published close to the date of the event, in the field of virology. Undergraduate and Graduate students (Master’s and/or PhD) may apply.
AWARDS:
CHAPTER I – THE “HÉLIO GELLI PEREIRA” AWARD
Art. 1 – The Brazilian Society for Virology shall grant the “Hélio Gelli Pereira” Award, with the purpose of encouraging human resource training, scientific research in Virology, and dissemination of relevant content in the field published within up to twelve months before the event, or in the process of being published in the year of the congress (accepted for publication, submitted, or available as a preprint).
Art. 2 – To compete for the award, the candidate must submit an abstract in English different from the manuscript. The award candidate must be the first author of the submitted work. Shared first authorship will also be accepted.
Paragraph 1 – Undergraduate and Graduate students of Brazilian nationality enrolled in courses in Brazil may compete for the award. In addition, Master’s or PhD degree holders of Brazilian nationality may apply, provided that their dissertation or thesis work was publicly defended and approved within a maximum period of 12 (twelve) months between the date of defense and the opening date for abstract submission to the 36th Brazilian Congress of Virology.
Art. 3 – The Award Organizing Committee may, at its discretion, pre-select among the submitted works those that will actually be presented orally during the “Hélio Gelli Pereira” Award session. This presentation must be given in English, with slides also prepared in English.
Sole Paragraph – A maximum of 6 works will be selected for oral presentation, as determined by the Award Organizing Committee. Only works presented at the event will be eligible to compete for the HGP Award.
Art. 4 – The Award will be presented during the 37th Brazilian Congress of Virology / 21st Mercosur Virology Meeting, to be held from October 20 to 24, 2026, in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.
Art. 5 – Submission of the same work by two different students is prohibited.
Art. 6 – Only one work per candidate will be selected when multiple submissions by the same student with different works are made.
CHAPTER II – REGISTRATION
Art. 7 – Registration must be completed by 07/12/2025. The student must submit an abstract of the work for evaluation. As this abstract will be published in the Congress Proceedings, we recommend that it be slightly different from the article abstract in order to avoid potential copyright issues with the journal where the study has been or will be published.
All abstracts submitted for the HGP Award but not selected for presentation in the HGP Award session will be redirected to the CBV/EVM 2026 Scientific Committee for reevaluation for presentation in Oral Sessions or Poster Sessions during the 37th Brazilian Congress of Virology / 21st Mercosur Virology Meeting. These abstracts will be published in the Abstract Book (Event Proceedings) and made available on the Brazilian Society for Virology website.
Art. 8 – Registration for the Award will be completed through submission of the abstract and upload of the following documents at the time of registration:
a) For undergraduate students: proof of enrollment or undergraduate diploma;
b) For graduate students: proof of enrollment in graduate studies or proof of public defense of dissertation or thesis;
c) Abstract in English following the guidelines for abstract preparation described on the SBV website.
d) PDF of the full work in article format, including a date proving that the article:
(i) was published less than 12 months ago; or (ii) was submitted to a scientific journal less than 12 months ago; or (iii) was accepted for publication in a scientific journal less than 12 months ago; or (iv) was deposited in a preprint platform less than 12 months ago. The PDF of the complete work in article format must be submitted according to one of the following situations: (i) already published articles: the PDF of the published article must be submitted, with the publication date clearly identifiable; (ii) manuscripts submitted to journals less than 12 months ago: the PDF generated during manuscript submission directly from the journal’s online submission system must be submitted, containing proof of the manuscript submission date; (iii) manuscripts accepted for publication less than 12 months ago: the PDF generated during manuscript submission directly from the journal’s online submission system must be submitted, containing proof of the manuscript submission date, together with the manuscript acceptance letter; (iv) manuscripts deposited in preprint platforms less than 12 months ago: the PDF generated directly by the preprint platform must be submitted, containing the manuscript deposit date.
Art. 9 – The article mentioned in Art. 3 must be submitted in full, in PDF format, electronically, written in English, and containing: Title, Author(s), Institution, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and References. Articles in which some of these sections are combined (for example, Results and Discussion together) will also be accepted.
Sole Paragraph – Works submitted with incomplete documentation or that do not comply with the rules described above will not be evaluated.
CHAPTER III – THE JUDGING COMMITTEE
Art. 10 – The Judging Committee shall be composed of full members, one of whom shall be the First Secretary of the SBV, and the others chosen by the area representatives, with each area entitled to nominate one member (Environmental, Basic, Human, Plants/Invertebrates, and Veterinary). Co-authors of the works, as well as the advisor and co-advisor, when applicable, shall be excluded from the Committee.
Paragraph 1 – The First Secretary of the SBV Executive Board shall chair the Judging Committee.
Paragraph 2 – The Judging Committee shall be announced upon closure of registrations and analysis of the works selected for presentation and competition for the Award.
Paragraph 3 – If any of the works submitted for the HGP Award has been supervised by or involves collaboration with the First Secretary of the SBV Executive Board, the President of the SBV shall appoint a substitute member from the Executive Board.
Art. 11 – The Judging Committee shall receive the competing works and evaluate them according to their originality, relevance to the specific area, contribution to Virology in general, and presentation of the text. Candidates whose works are selected for oral presentation will be informed of the selection up to 30 days before the date of presentation and award ceremony.
Art. 12 – Works selected by the Judging Committee will have up to 15 minutes for oral presentation during the CBV/EVM. The works must be presented in English. At the end of the presentations, the Award Committee will proceed with a discussion of up to 20 minutes total for all candidates combined. The audience will also be encouraged to ask questions.
Sole Paragraph – If the Committee determines that none of the candidates meets the principles of the award, the award shall not be granted.
CHAPTER IV – GENERAL PROVISIONS
Art. 13 – Any cases not provided for herein shall be resolved by the Judging Committee, after hearing the President of the SBV Executive Board, if necessary, whose decisions under these Regulations shall be final and non-appealable.
Art. 14 – The SBV Executive Board may, at its discretion, request ad hoc reviews of the documents submitted by the candidate and to be presented to the Judging Committee, within sufficient time for proper consideration.