Prominent types of prion diseases include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the prototypic example (usually sporadic) Variant CJD (vCJD; acquired by eating prion-contaminated beef) Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr; sporadic) Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS; inherited) Fatal insomnia (FI; includes a sporadic and an inherited form) Kuru (acquired by ritual cannibalism) A recently identified type is prion disease associated with diarrhea and autonomic neuropathy, which is inherited.