Publications by authors named "Kendall Billick"
Article Synopsis
- The outbreak of the monkeypox virus (MPXV) is worsened by late detection and isolation of infected individuals, prompting the creation of a new AI tool named MPXV-CNN to identify skin lesions related to the virus.
- MPXV-CNN was trained on a large dataset of 139,198 images, including both MPXV lesions and non-MPXV images, resulting in high sensitivity (0.83-0.89) and specificity (0.898-0.965) in identifying infections.
- A web-based app has been developed to make MPXV-CNN accessible, potentially improving early detection and management during MPXV outbreaks.
Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is increasingly encountered in returned travellers and migrants to nonendemic countries. We sought to describe the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis diagnosed at our reference centre over a 10-year period.
Methods: This case series included all laboratory-confirmed cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in travellers and migrants for whom complete clinical data were available, diagnosed between January 2008 and October 2018 at the J.