Dear ASID colleagues,

On behalf of the editorial board of the ASID e-letter, I would like to invite to submit your activities in the forthcoming e-letters. Your participation is of great importance to achieve the goals of implementing an active communication between African scientists, researchers and physicians. You may submit a mini review and /or case report and any local or international scientific meeting, and social events that are related to the field of primary immunodeficiency.

Many African centers in different countries participated in the celebrations of the World PI Week. In this regards, we hope to receive from you some photos and short comments about these activities in order to upload on the next e-letter ( June, 2014).

You are kindly requested to visit  the ASID website (www.asid.ma) and view the instructions of authors and the first issue of ASID e-letter. Also, we would like to receive from you on the following e-mail:

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Yours,

Shereen Reda, Editor

Objectifs

La e-letter de ASID publie des mini revues dans le domaine des déficits immunitaires primitives, du dérèglement de l’immunité, des interventions immunologiques et des démarches diagnostiques de maladies médiées par le système immune, dont les biomarqueurs. Un cas clinique sera considéré uniquement s’il est lié à de nouvelles découvertes/sciences et accompagné d’une revue succincte de ces nouvelles découvertes. Les activités scientifiques et évènements sociaux considérés s’ils sont liés aux scientifiques/patients africains et reliés au domaine des déficits immunitaires primitifs. 

Type d’article

1. Mini revue

1000 mots

Maximum de deux figures/tables

Pas plus de 10 références

2. Cas clinique

600 mots

Maximum une  figure/table

Pas plus de 5 références

3. Lettres à l’Editeur:

350 mots

Une figure/table

Pas de références

Affiliation abrégée – nom de l’institution uniquement

Liste de Références

La liste des références doit inclure uniquement les travaux qui ont été cités dans le texte par chiffre arabe entre parenthèses et dans l’ordre consécutif où ils ont été mentionnés dans le texte. Le format doit se conformer à celui établi dans "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals" (Ann Intern Med 1997;126:36-47).

• Article de journal

Sowerwine KJ, Shaw PA, Gu W, Ling JC, Collins MT, Darnell DN, et al. Bone density and fractures in autosomal dominant hyper IgE syndrome. J Clin Immunol. 2014;34(2):260-4.

• Article par DOI

Slifka MK, Whitton JL. Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med. 2000; doi:10.1007/s001090000086

• Livre

Stiehm ER, Fulginiti VA. Immunologic disorders in infants and children. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1973.

• Chapitre de livre

Needlman RD. Growth and development. In: Behrman RE, Kliegman RM, Jenson HB, editors. Nelson textbook of pediatrics. 16^th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 2000.pp.23-65.

• Document en ligne

Doe J. Title of subordinate document. In: The dictionary of substances and their effects. Royal Society of Chemistry. 1999. http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document. Accessed 15 Jan 1999.

Utiliser toujours les abréviations standards du nom de journal selon la Liste ISSN des  Abréviations de Titre

Scope

The ASID e-letter publishes mini reviews in the area of primary immune deficiency, immunodysregulation, immunologic interventions, and diagnostic approaches to immunologically mediated diseases, including biomarkers. A case presentation will only be considered if it is linked to novel findings/science and is accompanied by a succinct review of these novel findings. Scientific and social events/activities will be considered if they are linked to African scientists/patients and related to the field of primary immunodeficiency. 

Article type

1. Mini review

1000 words

Maximum of two figures/tables

No more than 10 references

2. Case presentation

600 words

Maximum of one  figure/table

No more than 5 references

3. Letters to the Editor:

350 words

One figure/table

No references

Abbreviated affiliation – institution name only

Reference list

The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text by Arabic numerals in parentheses and numbered in consecutive order as they are first mentioned in the text.  The format should conform to that set forth in "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals" (Ann Intern Med 1997;126:36-47).

• Journal article

Sowerwine KJ, Shaw PA, Gu W, Ling JC, Collins MT, Darnell DN, et al. Bone density and fractures in autosomal dominant hyper IgE syndrome. J Clin Immunol. 2014;34(2):260-4.

• Article by DOI

Slifka MK, Whitton JL. Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med. 2000; doi:10.1007/s001090000086

• Book

Stiehm ER, Fulginiti VA. Immunologic disorders in infants and children. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1973.

• Book chapter

Needlman RD. Growth and development. In: Behrman RE, Kliegman RM, Jenson HB, editors. Nelson textbook of pediatrics. 16^th ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 2000.pp.23-65.

• Online document

Doe J. Title of subordinate document. In: The dictionary of substances and their effects. Royal Society of Chemistry. 1999. http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document. Accessed 15 Jan 1999.

Always use the standard abbreviation of a journal’s name according to the ISSN List of Title Word Abbreviations