Tanganya virus (TGNV) is an
enveloped,
single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus, possibly of the genus
orthohantavirus in the
Bunyavirales
''Bunyavirales'' is an order of segmented negative-strand RNA viruses with mainly tripartite genomes. Member viruses infect arthropods, plants, protozoans, and vertebrates. It is the only order in the class ''Ellioviricetes''. The name ''Bunyavir ...
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.
[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.] Its host is ''
Crocidura theresae''.
References
External links
CDC's Hantavirus Technical Information Index pageVirus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Bunyaviridae
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Viral diseases
Hantaviridae
Hemorrhagic fevers