Published continuously since 1920, Przegląd Epidemiologiczny-Epidemiological Review (ER) is a quarterly journal issued by the National Institute of Hygiene (National Institute of Public Health NIH – National Research Institute) and since 1958 co-edited with the Polish Society of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases.

ER publishes original articles, reviews and case reports in the  areas of epidemiology, preventing and controlling infectious diseases as well as clinical reports on infectious diseases, research papers on public health and history of these disciplines.

In the "Epidemiological Chronicle", a special section of ER, the reports on the epidemiological situation of infectious diseases in Poland are published.

Since 2022, the Laboratory Medical Microbiology section has been publishing experimental and methodological papers in the field of medical microbiology in the area of bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infections and their impact on public health.

ER is designed to serve as a platform for an exchange of opinions and research results. Here the information on evaluation of books and journals is also included.

Abstracts and full texts of published articles are available for free in the Polish version. Since 2013, they are also available in English as PDFs on ER website. 

Printed version of Przegląd Epidemiologiczny – Epidemiological Review is available by subscription.

Suspension of publication fees

We hereby announce that due to the coronavirus pandemic, the National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene has decided to suspend the charging of fees for publications in our journal Przegląd Epidemiologiczny – Epidemiological Review