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19 people in 7 states ill in E. coli outbreak tied to Costco

Costco&#39;s rotisserie chicken salad is the likely cause of an E. coli outbreak in seven states, according to the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2015/o157h7-11-15/index.html" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a>.&nbsp;The CDC isn&#39;t sure what specific ingredient is causing the infections, but so far, 19 people have been diagnosed with the strain.&nbsp;No deaths have been reported, but several people have been hospitalized.&nbsp;Typically, E. coli doesn&#39;t cause death but shows&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2015/o157h7-11-15/signs-symptoms.html" target="_blank">symptoms</a>&nbsp;a few days to a week after it enters the body and takes about a week to leave it.And if this wasn&#39;t already obvious, throw away any chicken salad you have from Costco if it was packaged Nov. 20 or before. Costco says it has stopped making and selling the product.This video includes images from Getty Images.&nbsp;

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SEATTLE (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 19 people in seven states have contracted E. coli in an outbreak linked to Costco chicken salad.

The strain of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli can be life-threatening. No deaths have been reported, but the CDC says five people have been hospitalized and two have developed a type of kidney failure.

The CDC and state health officials are investigating. They don't know what ingredient in the rotisserie chicken salad made and sold in Costco Wholesale stores is the likely source of the outbreak.

Health officials advise those who bought chicken salad at any U.S. Costco store on or before Friday to throw it away, even if no one has gotten sick.

People have fallen ill in California, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Utah, Virginia and Washington.