If young and fresh H5N1
contaminated water from low local wells, cisterns, tanks, rain barrels or rice fields is used for
water supply the
water temperature for infection may be higher (at 24 °C the virulence of influenza viruses
amount to 2 days) as in temperate climates (for «older»
water from central
water supplies cold
water is decisive to virulence of viruses: at 7 °C the virulence of influenza viruses
amount to 14 days).