canarypox

Canarypox virus (CNPV) is an avipoxvirus and etiologic agent of canarypox, a disease of wild and captive birds that can cause significant losses. Canarypox can enter human cells, but it cannot survive and multiply in human cells.
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Le canarypox virus ou virus de la variole du canari est un virus de la famille des poxviridae provoquant la variole du canari, maladie des oiseaux domestiques ou sauvages responsable de nombreuses pertes dans les élevages avicoles.
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Canarypox a disease caused by a poxvirus in the genus Avipoxvirus ; it spreads slowly amongst canaries, finches and some other passerines. [more]Canarypox - Community and Resources

a poxvirus that typically infects canaries and is used in human vaccine research.

a virus that infects birds and is used as a live vector for HIV vaccines. It can carry a large quantity of foreign genes. Canarypox virus cannot grow in human cells, an important safety feature. (See also ALVAC- HIV™; vector.)