Dr Louise Sigfrid
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Louise Sigfrid
ERGO Clinical Research Fellow
Louise Sigfrid is a Clinical Research Fellow and Public Health Specialist, with a main focus to strengthen preparedness to (re-) emerging infectious diseases through clinical research and capacity building.
Louise main focus is the PREPARE (Platform for European Preparedness Against (Re-) emerging Epidemics) project, studying incidence risk factors and clinical impact of infections with epidemic potential in Europe with a focus on acute respiratory infections, central nervous system infections, arbovirus and haemorrhagic fever syndromes in hospitalized and primary care patients.
Additionally, Louise supports the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) developing harmonised clinical research tools for characterization of emerging infections globally, including COVID-19.
Louise is lead for the Masters module in Health Protection at Brighton & Sussex Medical School and Honorary Academic Public Health Consultant at PHE.
Recent publications
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Research prioritisation in preparedness for and response to outbreaks of high-consequence pathogens: a scoping review
Antonio E. et al, (2025), BMC Medicine, 23
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Multi-antigen serology and a diagnostic algorithm for the detection of arbovirus infections as novel tools for arbovirus preparedness in southeast Europe (MERMAIDS-ARBO): a prospective observational study
Kasbergen LMR. et al, (2025), The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Prevalence, clinical management, and outcomes of adults hospitalised with endemic arbovirus illness in southeast Europe (MERMAIDS-ARBO): a prospective observational study
Sigfrid L. et al, (2025), The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Monkeypox virus isolation from longitudinal samples in 11 hospitalised patients.
Callaby H. et al, (2025), The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 25, e4 - e5
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Factors impacting on the implementation of clinical management guidelines (CMGs) for high consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs) during outbreaks globally: a systematic review
Dahmash DT. et al, (2024)