“…Symptoms may last for days or weeks in acute and subacute conditions; however, when they exceed three months, they are considered chronic [5]. It is estimated that more than 40% [6,7] of infected individuals develop a chronic state of the disease with arthritic characteristics, such as bone erosion, enthesopathies, periostitis, and persistent and debilitating joint pain [8,9], which is characteristics, such as bone erosion, enthesopathies, periostitis, and persistent an debilitating joint pain [8,9], which is reflected in the population's public health throug disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and the economic burden involved [10,11 However, although bone damage in CHIKV infections has been documented, th mechanism involving progression and subsequent injury has not been fully defined.…”