Tanganya virus
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Ellioviricetes |
| Order: | Bunyavirales |
| Family: | Hantaviridae |
| Genus: | Orthohantavirus (?) |
| Virus: | Tanganya 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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Genus: Orthohantavirus". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ Klempa, Boris; Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth; Lecompte, Emilie; Auste, Brita; Aniskin, Vladimir; Meisel, Helga; Barrière, Patrick; Koivogui, Lamine; ter Meulen, Jan; Krüger, Detlev H. (March 2007). "Novel Hantavirus Sequences in Shrew, Guinea". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 13 (3): 520–522. doi:10.3201/eid1303.061198. PMC 2725914. PMID 17554814.
External links
[edit]- CDC's Hantavirus Technical Information Index page
- Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Bunyaviridae
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