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This may be complicated due to the similarity between mpox and varicella (chickenpox) lesions. Visual assessment of lesions is also used for determining clinical progress and to assess patient outcomes in clinical trials. However, there has been no investigation into whether clinicians can (i) identify Clade I mpox compared to other viral lesions (ii) differentiate between Clade I mpox lesion stages.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methodology\/Principle findings<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The objective of this study was to evaluate inter-rater reliability and agreement between clinicians assessing lesions in patients with Clade I mpox. We presented experienced clinicians with 17 images of Clade I mpox or varicella and asked them to independently indicate the most likely diagnosis\u2013mpox or varicella\u2013and to categorise the lesions according to their stage. When selecting the most likely diagnosis, accuracy varied across all images, the inter-rater reliability was poor (\u03ba = 0.223; z = 10.1) and agreement was moderate (P\n                      <jats:sub>o<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 68%). When categorising lesions according to their type, if a single lesion type was present in the image, inter-rater reliability was moderate (\u03ba = 0.671, z = 40.6) and agreement was good (P\n                      <jats:sub>o<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 78%), but when multiple lesion types were shown in an image, both inter-rater reliability (\u03ba = 0.153, z = 10.5) and agreement (P\n                      <jats:sub>o<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 29%) decreased substantially.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study demonstrates that there are presently limitations in using visual assessment to diagnose Clade I mpox and evaluate lesion stage and treatment outcomes, which have an impact on clinical practice, public health and clinical trials. 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