印度从 1995年开始加速消灭脊髓灰质炎 (脊灰 )的工作 ,并已取得实质性进展。截止 2 0 0 1年 ,脊灰野病毒的流行被局限在北方地区的北方邦和比哈尔邦 ;全国只报告了 2 68例脊灰。但 2 0 0 2年大部分地区发生了脊灰的复燃 ,2 0 0 2年全国确诊了 15 5 6例 (数据截至2 0 0 3年 1月 India has accelerated the eradication of poliomyelitis (polio) since 1995 and has made substantial progress. As of 2001, the prevalence of poliovirus was limited to Northern and Bihar states in the north; only 688 polio were reported throughout the country. However, the resurgence of polio occurred in most areas in 2002 and 156 cases were confirmed nationwide in 2002 (data as of January 2003