Table 4.

Human prion disease types—terminology

No.	Molecular types	Histopathological types (Prion disease type with…..)
1	MM/MV 1	Diffuse synaptic deposits
2	VV2	Perineuronal and cerebellar plaque-like deposits
3	MV 2K	Kuru plaques
4	MM 2C	Cortical confluent vacuoles
5	MM 2T (=sFI)	Thalamo-olivary atrophy
6	VV1	Corticostriatal synaptic deposits
7	MM 2V (=vCJD)	Florid plaques
8	MM/MV 1+2C	Mixed diffuse synaptic deposits and cortical confluent vacuoles
9	MV 2K+C	Mixed Kuru plaques and cortical confluent vacuoles
10		Atypical