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<ACCESSION-NUMBER>0001200028-03-000001
<TYPE>4
<PUBLIC-DOCUMENT-COUNT>1
<PERIOD>20030801
<FILING-DATE>20030804
<REPORTING-OWNER>
<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>BUCCELLATO EDMOND F
<CIK>0001200028
</OWNER-DATA>
<FILING-VALUES>
<FORM-TYPE>4
<ACT>34
<FILE-NUMBER>000-26323
<FILM-NUMBER>03821617
</FILING-VALUES>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>6716 FAUST STREET
<CITY>WEST HILLS
<STATE>CA
<ZIP>91307
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>6716 FAUST STREET
<CITY>WEST HILLS
<STATE>CA
<ZIP>91307
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</REPORTING-OWNER>
<ISSUER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>ADVANCED BIOTHERAPY INC
<CIK>0000791833
<ASSIGNED-SIC>8731
<IRS-NUMBER>51040241
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1231
</COMPANY-DATA>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>6355 TOPANGA CANYON BLVD
<STREET2>SUITE 510
<CITY>WOODLAND HILLS
<STATE>CA
<ZIP>91367
<PHONE>8188833956
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>6355 TOPANGA CANYON BLVD
<STREET2>SUITE 510
<CITY>WOODLAND HILLS
<STATE>CA
<ZIP>91367
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
<FORMER-COMPANY>
<FORMER-CONFORMED-NAME>ADVANCED BIOTHERAPY CONCEPTS INC
<DATE-CHANGED>19990524
</FORMER-COMPANY>
</ISSUER>
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2003-08-01</periodOfReport>


    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000791833</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ADVANCED BIOTHERAPY INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ADVB</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001200028</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BUCCELLATO EDMOND F</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>6716 FAUST STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WEST HILLS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>91307</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>CEO &amp; President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>

        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2003-08-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2003-08-01</value>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value>E</value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>299526</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>813719</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Held by Family Trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>

    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">In addition, Reporting Person has an indirect beneficial interest in 60,490 shares held by minor son; 88,334 held by the firm of Buccellato &amp; Finkelstein, Inc., and 17,000 shares held by Buccellato Living Trust.</footnote>
    </footnotes>


    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Edmond Buccellato</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-08-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

</ownershipDocument>

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</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SUBMISSION>
