| Etiologic categories | Traditional namea |
| Infectious prion diseases | Kuru |
| latrogenic CJD | |
| Inherited prion diseases | |
| Inherited prion disease | GSSb |
| (P102L) | |
| Inherited prion disease | GSSc |
| (A117V) | |
| Inherited prion disease | Familial CJDd, FFIe |
| (D178N) | |
| Inherited prion disease (F198S) |
GSS-nftf |
| Inherited prion disease | Familial CJDg |
| (E200K) | |
| Inherited prion disease | GSS-nfth |
| (Q217R) | |
| Inherited prion disease (4 octarepeat insert) |
Familial CJDi |
| Inherited prion disease (5 octarepeat insert) |
Familial CJDi |
| Inherited prion disease (6 octarepeat insert) |
Familial CJDi |
| Inherited prion disease (7 octarepeat insert) |
Familial CJDi |
| Inherited prion disease (8 octarepeat insert) |
Familial CJDi |
| Inherited prion disease (9 octarepeat insert) |
Familial CJDi |
| Sporadic prion disease | CJD |
a CJD, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; GSS, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome; GSS-nft, GSS with neurofibrillary tangles; FFI, fatal familial insomnia.
b Ref. 41.
c Refs. 22 and 44
d Refs. 6 and 37.
e Refs. 37 and 51.
f Refs. 21.
g Refs. 28, 29, 35 and 39.
h Ref. 42.
i Refs. 38, 54, and 57.
published 2000