Tanganya orthohantavirus

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Tanganya orthohantavirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Hantaviridae
Genus: Orthohantavirus
Species:
Tanganya orthohantavirus

Tanganya orthohantavirus (TGNV) is a viral isolate detected in tissue samples from Crocidura douceti (musk shrew). The putative host shrews were captured near the village of Tanganya, Guinea, in January 2004.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.