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Classification

Mammalian agents of spongiform encephalopathies
ICTVdb Code	Disease name	Natural host	Prion name	PrP isoform
90.001.0.01.001.	Scrapie	Sheep and goats	Scrapie prion	OvPrPSc
90.001.0.01.002.	Transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME)	Mink	TME prion	MkPrPSc
90.001.0.01.003.	Chronic wasting disease (CWD)	Elk, White-tailed deer, Mule Deer and Red Deer	CWD prion	MDePrPSc
90.001.0.01.004.	Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)	Cattle	BSE prion	BovPrPSc
90.001.0.01.005.	Feline spongiform encephalopathy (FSE)	Cats	FSE prion	FePrPSc
90.001.0.01.006.	Exotic ungulate encephalopathy (EUE)	Nyala and greater kudu	EUE prion	NyaPrPSc
90.001.0.01.007.	Kuru	Humans	Kuru prion	HuPrPSc
90.001.0.01.008.	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)	Humans	CJD prion	HuPrPSc
	(New) Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD, nvCJD)	Humans	vCJD prion	HuPrPSc
90.001.0.01.009.	Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS)	Humans	GSS prion	HuPrPSc
90.001.0.01.010.	Fatal familial insomnia (FFI)	Humans	FFI prion	HuPrPSc