Patent ID: 7501127

Claim:
A recombinant Modified Vaccinia Ankara Virus (MVA) comprising one or more human immunodeficiency virus DNA coding sequences inserted into an intergenic region (IGR) of the viral genome, wherein the IGR is selected from the group consisting of IGRs: 001L-002L, 002L-003L, 005R-006R, 006L-007R, 007R-008L, 008L-009L, 017L-018L, 018L-019L, 019L-020L, 020L-021L, 023L-024L, 024L-025L, 025L-026L, 028R-029L, 030L-031L, 031L-032L, 032L-033L, 035L-036L, 036L-037L, 037L-038L, 039L-040L, 043L-044L, 044L-045L, 046L-047R, 049L-050L, 050L-051L, 051L-052R, 052R-053R, 053R-054R, 054R-055R, 055R-056L, 061L-062L, 064L-065L, 065L-066L, 066L-067L, 077L-078R, 078R-079R, 080R-081R, 081R-082L, 082L-083R, 085R-086R, 086R-087R, 088R-089L, 089L-090R, 092R-093L, 094L-095R, 096R-097R, 097R-098R, 101R-102R, 103R-104R, 105L-106R, 107R-108L, 108L-109L, 109L-110L, 110L-111L, 113L-114L, 114L-115L, 115L-116R, 117L-118L, 118L-119R, 122R-123L, 123L-124L, 124L-125L, 125L-126L, 133R-134R, 134R-135R, 137L-138L, 141L-142R, 143L-144R, 144R-145R, 145R-146R, 146R-147R, 147R-148R, 148R-149L, 152R-153L, 153L-154R, 154R-155R, 156R-157L, 157L-158R, 159R-160L, 160L-161R, 162R-163R, 163R-164R, 164R-165R, 165R-166R, 166R-167R, 167R-168R, 170R-171R, 173R-174R, 175R-176R, 176R-177R, 178R-179R, 179R-180R, 180R-181R, 183R-184R, 184R-185L, 185L-186R, 186R-187R, 187R-188R, 188R-189R, 189R-190R, and 192R-193R.