CROI 2020 Program and Conference Information

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Common Reasons for Abstract Rejection • Subject matter is not appropriate for CROI • All coauthors did not approve the abstract prior to submission • Information is not novel (new enough) • Abstract is duplicative of other submissions • Format does not follow guidelines (eg, data missing, more than 1 table or figure submitted) • Submission is poorly written and difficult to understand • Background does not summarize the hypothesis • Methodology is inadequate or insufficient to support conclusions • Controls are absent or inadequate • Statistical evaluation is inadequate or absent • Summary of essential results is inadequate or absent • Data are not included or offer inadequate or insufficient support for conclusions • Submission reports clinical trial data from unplanned analyses or incomplete or ongoing studies Statistics for Abstracts General abstract submitted 1852 General abstracts accepted 1035 General oral abstracts 85 General poster abstracts 878 Late-breaking abstracts submitted 188 Late-breaking abstracts accepted 46 Late-breaking oral abstracts 17 Late-breaking poster abstracts 29 Total abstracts submitted 2040 Total abstract accepted 1081 All Representing Authors on Accepted Abstracts Region N Percent Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 9% Asia 17 2% Australia 19 2% Europe 10 1% Central and South America 206 23% North America 570 63% Abstracts Related to Study Populations 1. Adolescents 52 2. Men who have sex with men (MSM) 118 3. People who inject drugs (PWID) 38 4. Transgender men or women 19 5. Women 114 Authors have noted specific populations as the focus of their study, if applicable. Indexes that list abstracts that relate to specific populations are on the CROI Mobile App and Abstract eBook on the CROI website.These indexes are developed for attendees with an interest in these areas.

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