Katja Kero
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  • Recent & Upcoming Talks
    • Kipu on parisuhteen kolmas pyörä (Pain as the Third Wheel in a Relationship) (in Finnish)
  • Recent Publications in International Peer-Reviewed Journals
    • Sexual assault referral centers for survivors of rape in Finland - A review of their development and support for survivors
    • Addressing Sexual Problems - General Practitioners' Practice Patterns
    • Engagement with Patients' Sexual Problems - A Comparative Study among General Practitioners and Obstetrician-Gynecologists
    • Female Sexual Dysfunction as an Adverse Effect of Drugs - A Narrative Review
    • Associations between arterial health and sexual function in women aged 60-64 years
    • The knowledge of and educational interest in sexual medicine among Finnish medical and midwifery students: A web-based study
    • Let's talk about sexuality - A web-based survey of self-reported competence in sexual problems among obstetrician-gynecologists in Finland
    • Optimal sampling and analysis methods for clinical diagnostics of vaginal microbiome
    • Medical and midwifery students need increased sexual medicine education to overcome barriers hindering bringing up sexual health issues - A national study of final-year medical and midwifery students in Finland
    • Herpes Simplex Virus Seroprevalence among Pregnant Finnish Women and Their Spouses-A Six-Year Follow-Up Cohort Study
    • Patients with chronic diseases: Is sexual health brought up by general practitioners during appointments? A web-based study
    • Interferon-γ and IL-5 associated cell-mediated immune responses to HPV16 E2 and E6 distinguish between persistent oral HPV16 infections and noninfected mucosa
    • General practitioners' self-reported competence in the management of sexual health issues - a web-based questionnaire study from Finland
    • HPV infection and bacterial microbiota in the semen from healthy men
    • Usability of two brief questions as a screening tool for domestic violence and effect of #MeToo on prevalence of self-reported violence
    • HPV Infections in Heterosexual Couples: Mechanisms and Covariates of Virus Transmission
    • Herpes simplex and human papilloma virus coinfections in oral mucosa of men-A 6-year follow-up study
    • Association of asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis with persistence of female genital human papillomavirus infection
    • Physical state and copy numbers of HPV16 in oral asymptomatic infections that persisted or cleared during the 6-year follow-up
    • Genotype-specific concordance of oral and genital human papillomavirus infections among marital couples is low
    • Oral human papillomavirus infection in men might contribute to HPV serology
    • Stable marital relationship protects men from oral and genital HPV infections
    • Smoking increases oral HPV persistence among men: 7-year follow-up study
    • Reply to Kathleen D'Hauwers, Gunter De Win and Wiebren Tjalma's letter to the editor re: Katja Kero, Jaana Rautava, Kari Syrjänen, Seija Grenman, Stina Syrjänen. Oral mucosa as a reservoir of human papillomavirus: point prevalence, genotype distribution, and incident infections among males in a 7-year prospective study. Eur Urol 2012;62:1063-70
    • Oral mucosa as a reservoir of human papillomavirus: point prevalence, genotype distribution, and incident infections among males in a 7-year prospective study
    • Reply from Authors re: Guido Barbagli, Salvatore Sansalone, Massimo Lazzeri. Oral Mucosa and Urethroplasty: It’s Time to Change. Eur Urol 2012;62:1071–3: Oral Mucosa as a Reservoir of Human Papillomavirus: Implications for the Use of Oral Mucosal Transplants in Urethroplasty
    • Human papillomavirus genotypes in male genitalia and their concordance among pregnant spouses participating in the Finnish Family HPV study
    • Dissociative disorders among psychiatric patients
  • Teaching
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Other Published Works
Theses

Theses

  • Kero K. Doctoral thesis: Outcome of human papillomavirus infection among men in the Finnish Family HPV Study - University of Turku, 2014
  • Kero K. Kognitiivis-integratiivisen psykoterapeuttikoulutuksen lopputyö: Mindfulness-pohjainen kognitiivinen terapia vaginismipotilaiden hoidossa – ryhmäterapiainterventio Tyksin Naistenklinikan vaginismipotilaille. - University of Helsinki, 2021
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