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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                   PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Annual Report of Advanced Biotherapy, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Periodic
Report"), I, Edmond F. Buccellato, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.       the Periodic Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
         13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.       the information contained in the Periodic Report fairly presents, in
         all material respects, the financial condition and results of
         operations of the Company.

Dated: March 26, 2003                       /s/Edmond F. Buccellato
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                                            Edmond F. Buccellato, President and
                                            Chief Executive Officer



