Genome Family Genus Species/Strain/Vector
DNA
ds Adenoviridae Poxviridae Mastadenovirus Aviadenovirus Orthopoxvirus Ad serotype 5 and several derivatives in experimental settings and in clinical trials.
Conditionally replicating vectors based on canine adenovirus
Replication-deficient vector CELO Replication-competent vectors based on Vaccinia Strains WR and Wyeth.
ds Parvoviridae Parvovirus Live autonomous rodent parvovirus H-1.
Both live virus and replicons of minute virus mice.
Replicons of retargeted feline panleukopenia virus.
RNA
ds Reoviridae Orhtoreovirus Live reovirus type 3 strain Dearing (T3D) in both pre-clinical
experiments and in clinical trials.
ss Orthomyxoviridae Paramyxomaviri
dae
Influenza virus A Avulavirus Replication-competent NS1 deleted influenza A. Experimental therapy in several cancer models using live attenuated
Newcastle disease virus strains such as 73-T, Ulster and Italian.
Clinical trials with the live attenuated PV701 and MTH-68/H strains of Newcastle disease virus.
DNA
ss Rhabdoviridae Coronaviridae Picarnaviridae Togarviridae Retroviridae Respirovirus
Rubulavirus Vesiculoviurs Coronavirus Enterovirus   Alphavirus Lentivirus
Replication-deficient vectors based on Sendai virus
Live mumps virus in experimental settings and in a clinical trial to treat ovarian cancer. Non-oncolytic replication-competent vectors based on simian virus 5.
Live attenuated vesicular stomatitis virus and recombinant derivatives. In vitrooncolytic activity of retargeted replication-competent vectorsbased on feline coronavirus and murine hepatitis virus. Live echovirus type 1.
Live attenuated poliovirus and bovine enterovirus in preclinical testing Both replication-deficient and replication-competent MoMLV
vectors also used clinical trials. Replication-deficient vectors based on HIV-1.
Table 1: Summary on members of virus families that are evaluated in cancer gene therapy [14].