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Overview

Hannele Jousimies-Somer was affiliated with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland. Their academic and research activities focused primarily within this institution during their career.

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Hannele Jousimies-Somer is recorded as deceased.

Best Publications

  • Liver abscess due to a Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain indistinguishable from L. rhamnosus strain GG.

    Merja Rautio;Hannele Jousimies-Somer;Heikki Kauma;Ilmo Pietarinen

  • Increased salivary acetaldehyde levels in heavy drinkers and smokers: a microbiological approach to oral cavity cancer

    Nils Homann;Jyrki Tillonen;Jukka H. Meurman;Hanna Rintamäki

  • High acetaldehyde levels in saliva after ethanol consumption: methodological aspects and pathogenetic implications.

    Nils Homann;Hannele Jousimies-Somer;Kalle Jokelainen;Riitta Heine

  • Oat β-glucan and xylan hydrolysates as selective substrates for Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus strains

    Johanna Jaskari;Pia Kontula;A. Siitonen;Hannele Jousimies-Somer

  • Age, Dental Infections, and Coronary Heart Disease:

    K.J. Mattila;S. Asikainen;J. Wolf;H. Jousimies-Somer

  • Frequency and stability of mono- or poly-infection by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans serotypes a, b, c, d or e.

    M. Saarela;S. Asikainen;S. Alaluusua;L. Pyhälä

  • Reclassification of Bacteroides putredinis (Weinberg et al., 1937) in a new genus Alistipes gen. nov., as Alistipes putredinis comb. nov., and description of Alistipes finegoldii sp. nov., from human sources.

    Merja Rautio;Erkki Eerola;Marja-Liisa Väisänen-Tunkelrott;Denise Molitoris

  • Detection of Porphyromonas gingivalis from saliva by PCR by using a simple sample-processing method.

    Jaana Mättö;Maria Saarela;Satu Alaluusua;Virva Oja

  • Oral colonization by more than one clonal type of mutans streptococcus in children with nursing-bottle dental caries

    S. Alaluusua;J. Mättö;L. Grönroos;S. Innilä

  • Establishment of Oral Anaerobes during the First Year of Life

    E. Könönen;A. Kanervo;A. Takala;S. Asikainen

  • The oral gram-negative anaerobic microflora in young children: longitudinal changes from edentulous to dentate mouth.

    E. Könönen;S. Asikainen;M. Saarela;J. Karjalainen

  • Role of Yeasts in the Salivary Acetaldehyde Production From Ethanol Among Risk Groups for Ethanol-Associated Oral Cavity Cancer

    J. Tillonen;N. Homann;M. Rautio;H. Jousimies-Somer

  • Transmission of oral bacterial species between spouses

    M. Saarela;B. Troll-Lindén;H. Torkko;A.-M. Stucki

  • A Retrospective Review of Cases of Anaerobic Empyema and Update of Bacteriology

    R. Civen;H. Jousimies-Somer;M. Marina;L. Borenstein

  • Differences between patients with or without the need for intensive care due to severe odontogenic infections.

    Seija Ylijoki;Riitta Suuronen;Hannele Jousimies-Somer;Jukka H. Meurman

  • Distribution and genetic analysis of oral Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens

    J Mättö;M Saarela;B von Troil-Lindén;E Könönen

  • Salivary Levels of Suspected Periodontal Pathogens in Relation to Periodontal Status and Treatment

    B. von Troil-Lindén;H. Torkko;S. Alaluusua;H. Jousimies-Somer

  • Bacteriology of histopathologically defined appendicitis in children

    Merja Rautio;Harri Saxén;Anja Siitonen;Risto Nikku

  • In vitro alcohol dehydrogenase-mediated acetaldehyde production by aerobic bacteria representing the normal colonic flora in man.

    K. Jokelainen;A. Siitonen;H. Jousimies‐Somer;T. Nosova

  • The early colonization of gram-negative anaerobic bacteria in edentulous infants

    E. Könönen;S. Asikainen;H. Jousimies-Somer

Frequent Co-Authors

Sirkka Asikainen
Sirkka Asikainen Umeå University
Eija Könönen
Eija Könönen University of Turku
Maria Saarela
Maria Saarela VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Sydney M. Finegold
Sydney M. Finegold University of California, Los Angeles
Anja Siitonen
Anja Siitonen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Pentti Huovinen
Pentti Huovinen University of Turku
Erkki Eerola
Erkki Eerola University of Turku
Jukka H. Meurman
Jukka H. Meurman University of Helsinki
Daria N. Love
Daria N. Love University of Sydney
Jari Jalava
Jari Jalava Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

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