It must report a completed work, not preliminary findings. It must not exceed 5 MS pages including documentation. It is not divided into sections and its documentation conisists usually from just one table or figure without numbering and title. The description of materials and methods used should be kept at minimum. Only essential references should be cited in the text by serial numbers and listed in References in an abbreviated form, without titles of papers.
Review article aims to give an overview of a topical field attractive for wide audience.
It should not exceed 50 MS pages. They are usually divided into Summary, an optimal number of topical sections and subsections, and References. The standard system of citation and listing of references should be used. Before writing a paper, intending authors are advised to read the Instructions to Authors and to examine a current copy of Acta virologica. The past tense should be used throughout in describing the results of the paper, and the present tense in referring to previously established and generally accepted results and views.