IN VITRO METHOD FOR PREDICTING A RISK OF POST-CHIKUNGUNYA CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY JOINT DISEASE

The invention relates to the field of in vitro diagnosis or prognosis. The invention provides in vitro methods and kit for predicting the risk of developing Post-Chikungunya Chronic Inflammatory Joint Disease (pCHIKV-CIJD) in a subject. The method comprises a step of evaluating the expression of one or more biomarkers in a biological sample obtained from said subject, for example a blood sample, wherein said one or more biomarkers are selected among specific long non-coding RNAs, and wherein a higher expression than control expression value indicates a risk of developing pCHIKV-CIJD.