Tauopathies are a subclass of neurodegenerative diseases characterizedby an accumulation of microtubule binding tau fibrils in brain regions.Diseases such as Alzheimer’s (AD), chronic traumatic encephalopathy(CTE), Pick’s disease (PiD), and corticobasal degeneration(CBD) belong to this subclass. The gene discussed is MAPT; the disease is pelvic inflammatory disease.