Recent Publications in International Peer-Reviewed Journals

Sanna-Mari Manninen, Päivi Polo-Kantola, Tero Vahlberg, Katja Kero (2022). Patients with chronic diseases: Is sexual health brought up by general practitioners during appointments? A web-based study. Maturitas.
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Anna Paaso, Hanna-Mari Koskimaa, Marij J. P. Welters, Katja Kero, Jaana Rautava, Kari Syrjänen, Sjoerd H. Van Der Burg, Stina Syrjänen (2021). Interferon-γ and IL-5 associated cell-mediated immune responses to HPV16 E2 and E6 distinguish between persistent oral HPV16 infections and noninfected mucosa. Clinical and Experimental Dental Research.
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Sanna-Mari Manninen, Katja Kero, Katariina Perkonoja, Tero Vahlberg, Päivi Polo-Kantola (2021). General practitioners' self-reported competence in the management of sexual health issues - a web-based questionnaire study from Finland. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care.
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Heidi Tuominen, Jaana Rautava, Katja Kero, Stina Syrjänen, Maria Carmen Collado, Samuli Rautava (2021). HPV infection and bacterial microbiota in the semen from healthy men. BMC infectious diseases.
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Katja Kero, Anne Helena Puuronen, Leo Nyqvist, Ville Lauri Langén (2020). Usability of two brief questions as a screening tool for domestic violence and effect of #MeToo on prevalence of self-reported violence. European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology.
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Katja Kero, Jaana Rautava (2019). HPV Infections in Heterosexual Couples: Mechanisms and Covariates of Virus Transmission. Acta Cytologica.
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Johanna Mäki, Henrik Paavilainen, Katja Kero, Veijo Hukkanen, Stina Syrjänen (2018). Herpes simplex and human papilloma virus coinfections in oral mucosa of men-A 6-year follow-up study. Journal of Medical Virology.
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Katja Kero, J. Rautava, K. Syrjänen, S. Grenman, S. Syrjänen (2017). Association of asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis with persistence of female genital human papillomavirus infection. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases: Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology.
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Adriana Lorenzi, Jaana Rautava, Katja Kero, Kari Syrjänen, Adhemar Longatto-Filho, Seija Grenman, Stina Syrjänen (2017). Physical state and copy numbers of HPV16 in oral asymptomatic infections that persisted or cleared during the 6-year follow-up. The Journal of General Virology.
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Katja Kero, J. Rautava, K. Louvanto, K. Syrjänen, S. Grenman, S. Syrjänen (2016). Genotype-specific concordance of oral and genital human papillomavirus infections among marital couples is low. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases: Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology.
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