Lineke Begeman

Lineke Begeman is Researcher in Virology at Erasmus University Medical Center, specializing in zoonotic virus ecology and pathogenesis. Her work examines virus-host interactions in wildlife, particularly avian influenza in polar regions and coronaviruses in bat populations.

Research focuses on:

• Avian influenza transmission dynamics
• Wildlife reservoir characterization
• Landscape epidemiology
• Comparative pathogenesis

Recent field studies include high-pathogenicity influenza surveillance in Antarctic bird populations and coronavirus distribution in European bat species relative to habitat factors.