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]
Tanganya orthohantavirus | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
Class: | Ellioviricetes |
Order: | Bunyavirales |
Family: | Hantaviridae |
Genus: | Orthohantavirus |
Species: | Tanganya orthohantavirus
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References
edit- ^ 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.