the unnamed man , who died from variant creutzfeldt-jakob -lrb- vcjd -rrb- disease in may 2014 , just 18 months after he first showed symptoms .
the report concluded the man 's illness resulted from his eating tainted uk beef before ultimately receiving the vcjd death sentence .
american public health officials were concerned initially because the man had n't previously lived in either the united kingdom or saudi arabia .