Tanganya virus
Species of virus
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Tanganya virus (TGNV) is an enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus, possibly of the genus Orthohantavirus.[1] It is the second indigenous Murinae-associated African hantavirus to be discovered. It has a low sequence similarity to other hantaviruses and is serologically distinct from other hantaviruses. It was discovered in January 2004 after extraction from tissue samples taken from a Therese's shrew (Crocidura theresae) near the village of Tanganya, Guinea.[2]
| Tanganya virus | |
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Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Bunyaviricetes |
| Order: | Elliovirales |
| Family: | Hantaviridae |
| Genus: | Orthohantavirus (?) |
| Species: | |
| Virus: | Tanganya virus |
