A salmonella outbreak linked to raw oysters has sickened dozens of people across the U.S., including several in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, according to health officials. The Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) said Tuesday that 64 people had fallen ill with the same strain of salmonella, 26 of whom have gotten sick since the start of November. Those sickened have been hospitalized at a higher rate than expected when compared to other salmonella outbreaks, according to the CDC. Among the cases so far, seven have been in New York, six in New Jersey and two in Connecticut, a CDC map showed. The state with the most people to be impacted is Pennsylvania, which has had 10 cases so far. Of those sickened who spoke to health officials, nearly three-quarters (74%) said they ate raw oysters the week they started feeling ill. The CDC and the Food and Drug Administration were working to determine if there was a common source of the oysters eaten. No recall has yet been announced. The CDC recommended people cook oysters before eating them, reminding shellfish lovers that hot sauce and lemon juice do not kill the germs. Also, whether or not an oyster carries salmonella cannot be determined just by looking at it. Here is a full list of cases by state: Pennsylvania10New York7Virginia6New Jersey6Georgia4Arizona3Colorado3Florida3Massachusetts3South Carolina3California2Connecticut2Delaware2Texas2Illinois1Kentucky1Maine1Missouri1North Carolina1South Dakota1Tennessee1Maryland1 What is Salmonella? Salmonella is an organism that cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and those with weakened immune systems. Healthy people infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, an infection with Salmonella can result in the organism entering the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections, endocarditis, and arthritis, the FDA said. ...read more read less