Patent ID: 7206699

Claim:
A method of determining a phenotype of a retrovirus, wherein the retrovirus is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, comprising: a) obtaining from a patient a sample comprising at least one of a plasma sample, a blood sample, a saliva sample, mucous sample, and a tissue sample; b) obtaining a genetic sequence of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus from the patient sample; c) identifying a mutation pattern of the genetic sequence of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, wherein said mutation pattern comprises at least one mutation that correlates to resistance to at least one therapy; d) searching a relational genotype/phenotype database for at least one database mutation pattern similar to said mutation pattern of the genetic sequence of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus; e) obtaining at least one database phenotype of the at least one database mutation pattern; and f) determining the phenotype of the Human Immumunodeficiency Virus from the at least one database phenotype.