WHO Collaborating Centres for Rabies Research

WHO Collaborating Centre for Control, Pathogenesis and Epidemiology of Rabies in Carnivores 
 
Director / Head:  Dr Christine Fehlner-Gardiner
Address:  Centre of Expertise (COFE) for Rabies
Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield (OLF)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
3851 Fallowfield Road
P.O.Box 11300, Station H
Nepean (Ontario)
Canada K2H 8P9
Phone (1-343) 212 0304
Fax (1-343) 212 0202
Email Christine.Fehlner-Gardiner@inspection.gc.ca
Web Site http://www.inspection.gc.ca

WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies 
 
Director / Head:  Dr Jesse Blanton
Address:  Rabies Section
Division of Viral & Rickettsial Diseases (DVRD)
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch
National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Mail Stop G-33
Atlanta, GA 30333
United States of America
Phone (1-404) 639 1050
Fax (1-404) 639 4436
Email cyr@ciddvd1.em.cdc.gov ; cyr5@cdc.gov
Web Site http://www.cdc.gov  

WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference & Research on Rabies 

Director / Head:  Dr Hildegund C.J. Ertl
Address:  The Wistar Institute
3601 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4268
United States of America  
Phone (1-215) 898 3863
Fax (1-215) 898 3868
Email ertl@wistar.upenn.edu
Web Site http://www.wistar.edu

WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies

Director / Head:  Dr Hervé Bourhy
Address:  Unité de la Rage
Institut Pasteur
28 rue du Docteur Roux
F-75724 Paris Cedex 15
France 
Phone (33-1) 45 68 87 50
Fax (33-1) 40 61 30 20
Email hbourhy@pasteur.fr
Web Site http://www.pasteur.fr 

WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Management on Zoonoses Control

Director / Head:  Dr Florence Cliquet
Address:  Laboratoire d'Etudes sur la Rage & la Pathologie des Animaux Sauvages
Centre National d'Etudes Vétérinaires et Alimentaires
Domaine de Pixérécourt
BP 9
F-54220 Malzeville
France 
Phone (33-3) 83 29 89 50
Fax (33-3) 83 29 89 59
Email florence.cliquet@anses.fr

WHO Collaborating Centre for Neurovirology 

Director / Head:  Dr Matthias Schnell
Address:  Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Thomas Jefferson University
233 South Tenth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5541
United States of America 
Phone (1-215) 503 4634
Fax (1-215) 503 5393
Email Matthias.Schnell@jefferson.edu
Web Site http://www.jefferson.edu/university/jmc/departments/microbiology

WHO Collaborating Centre for Rabies Surveillance & Research 

Director / Head:  Dr Thomas Müller
Address:  Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute
Federal Research Institute for Animal Health
Südufer 10
D-17493 Greifswald - Insel Riems
Germany  
Phone (49-) 38351-71659
Fax (49-) 38351-71151
Email thomas.mueller@fli.bund.de
Web Site http://www.fli.bund.de 

WHO Collaborating Centre for the Characterization of Rabies & Rabies-related Viruses 

Director / Head:  Prof Anthony R. Fooks
Address:  Animal Health and Plant Agency
New Haw, Addlestone
Weybridge, Surrey KT15 3NB
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 
Phone (44-1932) 357 840
Fax (44-1932) 357 239
Email t.fooks@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk
Web Site http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/animal-and-plant-health-agency 

WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies 

Director / Head:  Dr Alireza Gholami
Address:  Pasteur Institute of Iran
Pasteur, No.69
1316943551
Tehran, Iran  
Phone (98-21) 66403496
Fax (98-21) 66468760
Email agholami@pasteur.ac.ir
Web Site http://www.pasteur.ac.ir 

WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research in Rabies 

Director / Head:  Dr S.N. Madhusudana
Address:  Department of Neurovirology
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)
P.O. Box No.2900
Hosur Road
Bangalore - 560029
India  
Phone (91-80) 699 5128-9
Fax (91-80) 656 2121
Email mshampur@hotmail.com
Web Site http://www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/ 

WHO Collaborating Centre for Rabies Epidemiology 

Director / Head:  Dr Usha K. Baveja
Address:  National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD)
22 Sham Nath Marg
P.O. Box 1492
New Delhi - 110054
India  
Phone (91-11) 252 1272 / 252 1524
Fax (91-11)233 482
Web Site http://www.nicd.nic.in 

WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on Rabies Pathogenesis and Prevention 

Director / Head:  Professor Visith Sitprija
Address:  Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute
The Thai Red Cross Society
Rama 4 Road
Bangkok - 10330
Thailand