mehdi goudarzi department of microbiology, school of medicine, shahid beheshti university of medical science, tehran, iran maryam fazeli who collaborating center for reference and research on rabies, pasteur institute of iran, tehran, iran mehdi azad department of medical laboratory sciences, school of paramedicine, qazvin university of medical sciences, qazvin, iran sima sadat seyedjavadi department of medical mycology, pasteur institute of iran, tehran, iran