the national center for reference and research on rabies, pasteur institute of iran: an unforgettable name in the health history of rabies control in the world

Rabies is a fatal zoonotic disease that usually occurs via infected animalsaliva. two years after establishing the pasteur institute of iran, the nationalcenter for reference & research on rabies, chaired by dr. mahdighodsi, was formed to control and treat this disease in iran. in 1955, dr.ghodsi, dr. balthazar, and dr. bahmanyar made a global transition inthe rabies vaccination process. the rabies department was established in1923. in 1976, it was selected to cooperate with the world health organization(who). since 2013, according to iso 15189, it was establishedas the rabies reference laboratory for the ministry of health and medicaltraining and veterinary organization. for the 100th year of establishingthe national center for reference & research on rabies, this article reviewsthe history of the center and its activities, such as diagnostic testsof suspected samples of rabies, assessment of the effectiveness of rabiesvaccine, and evaluation of rabies vaccine potency.