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Tanganya virus ( TGNV) is an Viral envelope, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus, possibly of the genus Orthohantavirus. It is the second indigenous Murinae-associated African hantavirus to be discovered. It has a low sequence similarity to other hantaviruses and is serologically distinct from other hantaviruses. It was discovered in January 2004 after extraction from tissue samples taken from a Therese's shrew ( Crocidura theresae) near the village of Tanganya, Guinea.
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