Tanganya virus | |
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Virus classification | |
Group: | Group V ((−)ssRNA) |
Order: | Bunyavirales |
Family: | Hantaviridae |
Genus: | Orthohantavirus |
Species: | Tanganya virus |
Tanganya virus (TGNV) is an enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus species of the genus orthohantavirus in the Bunyavirales order. It is the second indigenous Murinae-associated African hantavirus to be discovered. It has a low sequence similarity to other hantaviruses and serologically distinct from other hantaviruses.