The History of the Institute

Scientific-Research Institute of Virology was established on December 27, 1978. By decision No. 134 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan on March 11, 1994 the Institute became a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan. In 2000, the Institute was transferred to the system of the Ministry of health of the Republic of Uzbekistan as a "Scientific-Research Institute of Virology of the Ministry of health of the Republic of Uzbekistan" by decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan on March 30, 2010.

Scientific-Research Institute of Virology MH RUz is one of specialized scientific-research institutions for clinical and applied Virology.

Professor Sh. Kh. Khodzhayev was appointed Director of the Institute of Virology in 1979. Formation Institute and the construction of its buildings were directly under the supervision of Professor Khodjaeva Sh.Kh., who led the institute for 25 years.

The team of the branch of the Institute of Virology, 1979.

The staff of the Institute studied successfully viral hepatitis spread in the context of individual regions of the Republic of Uzbekistan, with the assistance of the complex of modern research methods; they conducted their prevention and implemented highly sensitive diagnostics methods.

From 2004 to present, Director of the Institute is Professor Musabayev E.I.

Until that time, only viral hepatitis and arbovirus infections were studied on the base of the institute. However, over the past 14 years, the activities of the institute have significantly expanded.