tanganya virus tanganya virus tanganya virus (tgnv) is an enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense rna virus, possibly of the genus orthohantavirus in the bunyavirales 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. its host is crocidura theresae. tanganya virus virus classification (unranked): virus realm: riboviria kingdom: orthornavirae phylum: negarnaviricota class: ellioviricetes order: bunyavirales family: hantaviridae genus: orthohantavirus (?) virus: tanganya virus