Is it possible to acquire the bird flu form lake water in which birds (geese) have been?
One way that H5N1 is spread from bird-to-bird is through water contaminated with bird droppings from birds with the virus. Healthy birds ingest the virus and can become ill after feeding among the grasses and weeds on the lake bottom. To date, there have been no confirmed cases of human H5N1 originating in this manner.
