en Other Other Review article Review article Rasoul Pournaki (1921-2008), a prominent researcher, worked with the Pasture Institute of Iran from 1948 to 1978. He served meritoriously to control infectious diseases in Iran. His main research fields were the plague, relapsing fever, and poliomyelitis. He was the Director of Epidemiology and Virology Departments in the Pasteur Institute of Iran. This paper aims to appreciate his scientific contributions in control of infectious diseases by reviewing his notable services and studies. Plague, Relapsing Fever, Communicable Diseases, Iran, Poliomyelitis 45 49 http://jommid.pasteur.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-167-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Roya Mohammadpour roya.mohammadpour95@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3697-5646 No 1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging infectious diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Ehsan Mostafavi mostafaviehsan@gmail.com 0000000346266325 Yes Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging infectious diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran