HOSPITAL AND THREE HAVE DIED. >> Reporter: AFTER NINE DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL AND 11 IN REHAB, 88-YEAR-OLD SUE FLEMING IS NOW SUING BOAR'S HEAD FOR THE LISTERIA INFECTION SHE CLAIMS CAME FROM EATING LIVERWURST. >> TO BE HONEST I WENT THROUGH HELL AND BACK AGAIN, AND I'M COMING OUT OF IT. I DON'T WISH IT ON ANYONE. I'M VERY BLESSED THAT I'M ALIVE AND TALKING TO YOU RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: THE CDC REPORTS THREE PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM EATING CONTAMINATED DELI MEATS IN VIRGINIA, ILLINOIS AND NEW JERSEY. BOAR'S HEAD NOW RECALLING 71 PREPACKAGED AND READY TO EAT MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS TIED TO A VIRGINIA PLANT WITH SELL BY DATES THROUGH OCTOBER 17th INCLUDING LIVERWURST, HAM, BOLOGNA, BEEF SALAMI AND BACON. >> IT'S LITERALLY THE ONLY BRAND I BUY. >> Reporter: THE CDC REPORTS 43 HOSPITALIZATIONS ACROSS 13 STATES NOW TIED TO THE OUTBREAK, THOUGH THE REAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO'VE BECOME SICK COULD BE MUCH HIGHER. LISTERIA IS THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FROM FOODBORNE ILLNESS, WITH PREGNANT WOMEN, NEWBORNS, SENIOR CITIZENS AND ANYONE WITH A WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEM AT GREATEST RISK. >> FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS, FEVER, MUSCLE ACHES, G.I. UPSET. THOSE ARE THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS OF LISTERIA. AND USUALLY PEOPLE KNOW SOMETHING'S WRONG BECAUSE THEY AREN'T REALLY ABLE TO TOLERATE ANY FLUID. >> Reporter: BOAR'S HEAD SAYS "FOOD SAFETY IS OUR TOP PRIORITY, AND WE EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES FOR THE AFFECTED FAMILIES." THE COMPANY AND CDC RECOMMEND THROWING OUT ANY AFFECTED DELI MEAT, CLEAN ANY SURFACE THAT CAME IN CO