Method for determining predisposition to venous thromboembolism

摘要

The invention concerns a method for detecting in vitro predisposition to a venous thromboembolic disease in a subject, which consists in determining whether the subject has been infected by a genus Chlamydia bacterium, in particular Chlamydia pneumoniae. The invention also concerns the use of active agents on genus Chlamydia bacteria for preventing and/or treating a venous thromboembolic disease.