| echinococcus multilocularis identified in indiana, ohio, and east-central illinois. | echinococcus multilocularis was identified in a coyote in indiana in january 1990. subsequently, 300 wild canids (red foxes, gray foxes, coyotes) were collected from indiana, ohio, illinois, michigan, and kentucky and examined for this parasite. of these, 41 (13.7%) were infected with e. multilocularis. infected animals were from northern and central indiana, northwestern ohio, and east-central illinois. twenty-nine of 162 (17.9%) animals from northern and central indiana were positive, versus 0 ... | 1993 | 8459347 |