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In contrast to the well-established replication deficiency and safety of MVA in mammals, much less is known about MVA infection in avian hosts. Here, we used a recombinant MVA expressing fluorescent reporter proteins under transcriptional control of specific viral early and late promoters to study in vivo tropism, distribution, and pathogenesis of MVA infections in embryonated chicken eggs. The chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) of embryonated chicken eggs was inoculated with recombinant MVA, MVA or phosphate-buffered saline. The infection was analyzed by fluorescence microscopy, histology, immunohistochemistry, and virus titration of embryonic tissues. After infection of the CAM, MVA spread to internal and external embryonic tissues with the liver as a major target organ. Macrophages and hematopoietic cells were identified as primary target cells of MVA infection and may be involved in virus spread. Increasing doses of MVA did not result in increased lesion severity or embryonic death. 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