Tanganya virus

Tanganya virus
Virus classification
Group: Group V ((-)ssRNA)
Order: Unassigned
Family: Bunyaviridae
Genus: Hantavirus
Species: Tanganya virus

Tanganya virus (TGNV) is an enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus species of the genus hantavirus in the Bunyaviridae family. 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.[1]

References

  1. Boris Klempa, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, Emilie Lecompte,S. et al. Novel Hantavirus Sequences in Shrew, Guinea. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 March; 13(3): 520–522.

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