article_snippet: A total of five people have contracted the serious infection in Kansas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
article_snippet: All five of A total of five people were hospitalized at a Kansas hospital before developing listeriosis, the CDC said.
article_snippet: Listeriosis, a serious infection caused by eating food contaminated with listeria, primarily affects the elderly, pregnant women, newborns and people with weakened immune systems, according to the CDC.
article_snippet: Symptoms of a listeria infection are fever and muscle aches, sometimes associated with diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms, according to the CDCthe CDC.
article_snippet: Cervical infections caused by listeriosis in pregnant women may result in spontaneous abortion during the second or third trimesters or stillbirth.
highlights_snippet: Three people in Kansas have died from a listeria outbreak .