Comparison of Monkeypox and Wart DNA Sequences with Deep Learning Model

Abstract

After the COVID-19 disease, monkeypox disease has emerged today and has started to be seen almost everywhere in the world in a short time. Monkeypox causes symptoms such as fever, chills, and headache in people. In addition, rashes are seen on the skin and lumps are formed. Early diagnosis and treatment of monkeypox, which is a contagious disease, are of great importance. An expert interpretation and clinical examination are usually needed to detect monkeypox. This may cause the treatment process to be slow. Furthermore, monkeypox is sometimes confused with warts. This leads to incorrect diagnosis and treatment. Because of these disadvantages, in this study, the DNA sequences of HPV causing warts and MPV causing monkeypox were analyzed and the classification of these sequences was performed with a deep learning algorithm. The study consisted of four stages. In the first stage, DNA sequences of viruses that cause warts and monkeypox were obtained. In the second stage, these sequences were mapped using various DNA-mapping methods. In the third stage, the mapped sequences were classified using a deep learning algorithm. At the last stage, the performances of DNA-mapping methods were compared by calculating accuracy and F1-score. At the end of the study, an average accuracy of 96.08% and an F1-score of 99.83% were obtained. These results showed that these two diseases can be effectively classified according to their DNA sequences.