​Rabies diagnosis formerly was being made by General Directorate of Public Health (Hıfzısıhha), is now being done in our Institute with the foundation of Pathology Laboratory in 1965. Separating from the Pathology Laboratory, Rabies Diagnostic Laboratory was founded in 2001.

 Our laboratory now mainly provides diagnostic services to provinces falling under its field of epidemiological responsibility  (Balıkesir, Bursa, Çanakkale, İstanbul, Kocaeli, Tekirdağ, Yalova) at its bio-safety Level 3 laboratory with Sellers stain, FAT stain and mouse inoculation tests.