Manuscripts may be submitted within designated categories of communication, including:
• Original basic or clinical investigation (original papers);
• Brief reports of new methods or observations (brief communications);
• State-of-the-art presentations or reviews (review or mini review papers);
• Case presentation and discussion (case reports);
• Clinical infectious diseases images;
• Letters to the editor concerning previous publications;
• Editor’s corner, containing ideas, hypotheses and comments (Editorial).
Original articles
It is the most important section of the Journal. Original articles present new data about researches, issues and matters in the field of infectious diseases. These articles should conform strictly to the rules of publication, containing the following sections: abstract, objective or hypothesis, experimental design and methods used (statistical data), essential features of any interventions, main outcome measures, main results of the study, discussion and conclusion. An Original Paper should contain:
• An abstract of no more than 300 words;
• No more than 7 keywords;
• The text should be divided into separate sections (Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, References);
• No more than 50 references;
• Number of authors should not exceed 10;
• Authors should state in the cover letter that the manuscript is intended to be an original paper.
Brief communications
A brief communication is focused in a single subject, which should be concise and a new point of view presentation of the subject. The scope of this section is intended to be wide and methods, results and discussion should be in the same text. A brief communication should contain:
• An abstract of no more than 200 words;
• No more than 4 keywords;
• Text should not exceed 12 double-spaced typed pages of 23 lines each;
• A maximum of 2 figures or tables (or one of each);
• No more than 20 references;
• The text should not be divided into separate sections;
• Authors should state in the cover letter that the manuscript is intended to be a brief communication;
• Number of authors should not exceed 5.
Review article
This section is for an updated presentation on a specific topic. This section should contain critical analysis and a new point of view of a relevant area and not a chronological description of the literature. This section aims to raise discussion among readers about controversial issues and the development of concepts in Infectious Diseases. A review article has to bring the new point of view of the focus of the subject. A minireview is focused on a restricted part of a subject. A minireview and review article should contain:
• An abstract of no more than 300 words;
• No more than 7 keywords;
• No more than 80 references;
• The text may be divided into sections with appropriate titles and subtitles;
• Number of authors should not exceed 5;
• Authors should state in the cover letter that the manuscript is intended to be a review or mini review article.
Case reports
Reports of clinical cases must contain a brief introduction about the nature of the case diagnosis, whose focus is the importance of the subject. The case has to be described with data and reports of examinations, treatment and prognosis of the case, discussion about the importance of the findings and presentation of the case in relation to literature. A case report should have a special interest to the clinical research community or it has to be a rare case; or to present a new diagnostic method; or new or modified treatment. A case report article should contain:
• An abstract of no more than 150 words;
• No more than 4 keywords;
• No more than 20 references;
• The text may be divided into sections: brief introduction with a review of literature, case reports, and conclusion;
• Number of authors should not exceed 5;
• Authors should state in the cover letter that the manuscript is intended to be a case report article.
Clinical infectious diseases images
For submission to Clinical Infectious Diseases Images, which is not intended as a vehicle for case reports, all text should contain:
• A minimum of references (no more than 4);
• No abstract;
• The text should be uniform and contain no more than 300 words;
• Number of authors should not exceed 5.
Letters to the editor
Letters may be written in response to previous content published in The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases (BJID) or on any topic of general interest or concern. In the first case, the letter must emphasize the main message of the author of the article, focusing the contribution of that scientific article in the medical practice, drawing attention to the reference and impact it had on the community. The Letter to the Editor should contain:
• Title and the text with no more than 23 line pages;
• No more than 5 references;
• Number of authors should not exceed 5.