The Adult/Adolescent Spectrum of Disease (ASD) was a multi-site national surveillance project sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The HIV/STD & Other Bloodborne Infections Survellance Section colleted ASD data in six-month follow-up intervals from the medical records of HIV-infected persons in care, from the time they first contacted an ASD site until they died or were lost to follow-up.

The information collected from these medical records may differ from those who do not report for care. Michigan ASD includes data on a representative sample of HIV-infected persons who presented for care at the Henry Ford Health System, Detroit campus (HFHS) or at the Detroit Medical Center (DMC).

Michigan participated in ASD from its inception in 1990 through its closure in 2004. More than 5,500 patients were enrolled in Michigan ASD, and at the end of the project 2,667 patients had died, 1,492 had moved or were otherwise lost to follow-up, and 1,392 were still living. ASD collected data on demographics, opportunistic illnesses, other infections such as Hepatitis B and C, other conditions such as cancers, depression, hypertension, substance abuse, mental illness, and other variables such as CD4 + T-cell counts, viral load measurements, prescription of medications, and many others.

For more information please contact  Eve Mokotoff  at 313/876-4769

ASD Final Summary Report  (PDF)
(posted Nov 2007)

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