The review was aimed to assess the modern trends and perspectives of the molecular epidemiology development. There were analysed the materials of the publications in the leading professional journals dedicated to the problems of molecular epidemiology, specialized electronic data bases, catalogues of the dissertation and deposited manuscripts. There were determined the trends which are the highest priority for the modern stage of the development of molecular epidemiology inUkraineand worldwide. It was proposed the program focused on the molecular-genetic monitoring of the most prevalent diseases in the country, the bank of relevant information and elaboration of the complex measures of the prophylaxis.
